Today was our first day of photographing the plots at the two Rapid plots around Moorea. We headed out to the east side to do the Rapid site there. This was our first try at it so for the most part it started off slow. But as I got used to the flow, we got faster and we ended up getting a lot done. We were taking the pictures with an SLR camera mounted to a 1/2 meter by 1/2 meter frame to cover segments of the entire 5 meter by 5 meter plot. I help by changing the tag that indicates what portion of the plot the photo is of and help to move the frame. We ended up getting 6 plots done in 3 dives which was pretty substantial. The conditions were absolutely pristine over there which made for easy photo taking and great visibility. While I was on the bottom waiting for Andy, I saw a parrotfish turn on its side to let a cleaner wrasse do its thing. I had never seen that done before and it was pretty trippy. Right when the parrotfish turned on its side about 2 feet above the bottom, a single wrasse came from out of the coral to pick at the sides of the parrotfish. I felt like I was watching Planet Earth or something like that. After we finished Andy and I drove back to Gump with all the equipment while Tom and Jessica drove the boat back. When I got back, I cleaned up my gear and then got started on chipping the corals that I collected for my coral tiles. Brett and I got them all chipped and ready to be glued tomorrow. After that was done it was time for dinner. Sammy and Katrina made homemade pizza tonight which turned out really well. They made one with goat cheese which I thought was particularly good. After dinner I got into bed to work on some stuff and read a few papers before bed. I am feeling a bit exhausted from all the diving today so I think I am going to go to bed. Until later.
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