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i            NOAA-OER / BOEM / USGS       This lithodid crab is perched on a mussel     bed at 1 mile (1.6 kilometers) beneath the      .. Read More

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Texas Blue Sky and Puffy Clouds (c) Ann                               Keibler Madison and I decided that .. Read More

• Marine Life

This is the backbone of a whale skeleton              found at the bottom of the Ocean (Credit: UK Natural Environment Research Council ChEsSo Consortium) Marine biologists recently found a .. Read More

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Ann with Hopi Artist Darrell at             His Home This morning I was reading a blog post by Richard Branson entitled “Do Talk to Strangers.” It seems his son went to Hawaii to go surfin.. Read More

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This past weekend, our new Cache Master, Steven Soulen, Installed the first Dive Cache in Texas.  The Cache was placed in 288 Lake in a secret location.  In order to find the cache, you can follow this link for the clues. Like geocaching, t.. Read More

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  Chef Wade finally gets to sit        down and enjoy some                 crawfish. The secret is the garlic and the butter at least that i.. Read More

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 David Dobrowski and Steve  Soulen, OVI Cache Master,           in Cozumel Oceanic Ventures, own Cache Master, Steve Soulen, announced that he will have Houston’s first Dive Cache ready for.. Read More

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Recently, Ann and I were sitting at a table with Mike Lever, from the Nautilus Explorer and Nautilus LifeLine as well as Karen Zammitti, from Bamboo Reef in California; and, we were talking about the LifeLine units.  Karen related a story about .. Read More

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My least favorite part of travel is actually traveling. I’ve never been fond of airplanes, undressing for seemingly dazed TSA agents, airport food, the fluorescent indistinguishability of different airports around the world. I’ve always t.. Read More