Today started with us going straight out to do Porites rus measurements in the lagoon like we did yesterday. We went out to a site right next to where Steph and I led our night dive so I was immediately familiar with the area. We did our measurements in some deeper water compared to yesterday. There were a few bommies that were in 20 ft of water as opposed to the day before where most were in about 6 ft. During our measurements I saw this really funny looking fish that came up to Brie and I to curiously check us out. It had big eyes for its size and moved so slowly through the water it was cute. I took a bunch of pictures of it and was amazed at how it wasn't shy at all. Once we were done, we got back on the boat and headed back in to Gump. After that I got my stuff ready to go out and retrieve all of my corals. Today was the 10th day so this was as long as I wanted it to run. I took pictures of them all one last time and then went back and picked them all up. Brett and I carried all of the tiles to a water table I had filled earlier so that I could take photos and evaluate their status one last time before throwing them away. I did this after dinner and dive master class. I was surprised at the number of coral that were still alive despite being bleached. After this I went up to my room to organize some of my photos and then started to get tired. I think I am going to go to sleep right now. Until later.
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