Carole Baldwin

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I took almost the exact same pic today! #NMNH

Near 1,000 ft. at Curacao on our submersible dives last week. Sea fan covered with brittle stars and crabs; an old fishing boat with sharktooth moray and conger eel (zoom in at bottom right of boat); and a deep-sea toad (Chaunax pictus). ⁦@NMNH⁩ ⁦@Marineiac_Matt⁩

With ⁦@Marineiac_Matt⁩ in the Curasub submersible off Curacao in the southern Caribbean. Destination 1,000 ft. to show him the mesophotic and rariphotic deep reefs and retrieve 11 temperature loggers. Mission accomplished! #happytobebackunderwater

Roseate spoonbills at Donnelly Wildlife Refuge near Beaufort, SC.

This is a piece of fossil sea biscuit from Jupiter, FL, but anybody know what made the engraved markings?

And here’s one on our neighbors’ dock on the Whale Branch River in Beaufort, SC!

Minister of environment of Italy explains in UN sustainable fishing event that gastronomy is more than food.

Fabulous art made from ocean trash by washed ashore.org, here featured at UN ocean conference.

At Statia, there's treasure above and below: Ram's Horn Squid shell at Zeelandia Bay Beach. #statiaexpedition2017 @SquidLover3 @OceanPortal