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A day fishing

Challenge #11 in the A bit of everything series. Hosted by udaman.

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Wednesday, 24th June, 2009 (GMT)

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Wednesday, 1st July, 2009 – Tuesday, 7th July, 2009 (GMT)

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Wednesday, 8th July, 2009 – Tuesday, 14th July, 2009 (GMT)

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If you are in the photo, at your option, can you let us know...Some of us are interested in what we all look like...Don't know why, Just human nature I guess.
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Schooling jacks, probably Bigeye Trevalle, fishing for smaller fish in Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. The Galapagos Islands are teaming with marine life. It has been a National Marine Reserve since 1986 and a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Site since 2001. Commercial fishing is prohibitied within 40 miles of this volcanic archipelago. Three major ocean currents meet here in the eastern Pacific on the equator, coming from distinct regions of

Camera:	Olympus C-8080 Wide Zoom
Lens:	Wide angle converter, WCON 08D at 22 mm efl
Submitted:	Monday, 6th July, 2009 17:54 (GMT)
Taken:	Saturday, 30th June, 2007
Focal length:	7.1 mm
Shutter speed:	1/100 sec
Aperture:	F3.2
ISO:	50
Notes:	Olympus C-8080 in an Ikelite housing with WCON 08D auxiliary lens at 22 mm effective focal length behind a dome port with Ikelite strobe
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