nwgeogirl : photos : Ben Ure Island : Brightly colored Tritonia festiva, or Clown Dorid. I've never seen one with so much orange before!- powered by SmugMug

A little island east of Deception Pass once used by smugglers as their base of operations. Pete and I did an exploratory dive on the North side of the island.

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Brightly colored Tritonia festiva, or Clown Dorid. I've never seen one with so much orange before!

Camera: Canon (Canon Powershot A630) |

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Original size: 2720px x 2016px |

Current: 400px x 297px |

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