SoulDiver

An enjoyable and entertaining series of images!  I wonder how the images could be enhanced.. perhaps the dogs jumping through chiffon, or some hoops in the water, or other props of some description.

I would love to do three or four a year, but unfortunately for me, it's more like one or two.  Mind you, the 'dive trip' I did last year was a three month long dive and drive around Australia, taking in many of the best shore dives of the south and west coast.  An incredible experience that mixed taking a dip with long days of driving through the arid inland.  Highlights were- leafy sea dragons, cage diving with GWS, snorkelling with whalesharks, and videoing a goanna while it was foraging underwater at a mineral springs.

Perhaps the limiting function for me is cost.  I am guessing there are some on this forum who would do a Forrest Gump line with having money...

..so then I got a call from him saying we don't have to worry about money no more, and I said "That's good.  One less thing."

My state of mental health has been questioned before.  There was a particularly difficult phase in my life where I was attempting to come to terms with my visions of my alien children.  I even painted them on the shed wall, to get the images out of my head.  Needless to say, this was not received well.  My mother and eldest sister came to the conclusion that I needed 'Help'.  They sent for a shrink to come and see me as a preliminary step to having me committed in a mental institution.  It was only by running away and sleeping in a beach hut that I managed to avoid that particular fate.  That is only one of a number of times in my life where I have been on the very brink of sanity.  I would not wish my life or ET experiences on my worst enemy.

Nanu Nanu!  Instantly coming to mind is the doco that details Robin Williams' (Mork from Ork) interactions with dolphins in the wild.  This was obviously a profound experience that touched him on a very deep level.

Over at Wikipedia the Mars Ocean Hypothesis is discussed with some credibility. www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_ocean_hypothesis

I don't know if many of you have seen the fossilised crinoid photos disclosed by Richard Hoagland.  Very interesting. A collector of marine fossils for 34 years identified it as an early crinoid.   www.enterprisemission.com/_articles/03-08-2004/crinoid_cover-up.htm  I have browsed other forums on the web discussing this fossil and no alternative theory of any credibility has been proposed.

Interestingly, when searching for 'Mars, water' I came across an article published just today in which NASA confirms that flowing water was present on at least one part of Mars for thousands or millions of years. William Dietrich, a professor of geomorphology and member of the Curiosity imaging science team, said that it was "the first time we are actually seeing water transported gravel on Mars".

Thanks, Marjo, your support means a lot to me.
Guy

Hi John.  Maybe.  I might have a shoot with a beautiful model Sunday afternoon, depending upon the availability of an MUA and whether she would be able to do her own makeup if need be.  So, waiting for her to get back to me at this stage.  It's certainly going to be nice weather this afternoon.

Perhaps you are right, David.

At this stage in our evolution we are so ready to trash our environment, so immature in our approach to long term sustainability of our lives and culture and indeed, of Mother Earth herself.  First, we should look to the cleaning up of our act here on Earth, which I believe is what you alluded to.  Yet, I do believe, that as divers we see the mess others have made, we love the sharks that others despise and fear, we have an empathy with the ocean and her creatures that most simply do not understand.  If any class of people were ready to take that next step, perhaps it would be us.