INDONESIA GALLERY 2
Kungkungan featured an abundance of lionfish on every dive. Unlike the lionfish in Fiji, which have an uncanny knack for posing for unflattering 'tail shots', the lionfish here were indifferent to my presence.

Nudibranchs, those slugs of the sea, are for obvious reasons fairly easy to photograph. Their coloration can be spectacular. Most dive sites were home to at least a dozen different types, ranging in size from maybe 1/4 inch to as long as 5 or 6 inches. Some looked frilly, some smooth, some warty, but my favorite was the unusual velvety-pink example shown below.

Perhaps the most uncooperative photographic subject in this gallery was the dragon sea moth. Its camouflage excellent. Even though it look pinkish in the image, without the strobe light it blends perfectly into the rubble. No matter how slowly or gently I tried to approach it, it would almost instantly shift into some unflattering pose. Its movements were lightning quick and sort of jerky-hoppy, and it almost seemed to spin.

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