under the sea

It's a rough life.

How many high school students do you know 

who get to go on a field trip to spots like this?

 

 Amy and Elise joined the high school for a boat trip last Friday.

It was an opportunity to learn just a bit about the ocean and its inhabitants,

and to have fun in the process.

Amy, on the right, learning about water pressure

 Elise shared her photos with me (thanks, Lise!)

but that means she's not in any of them.

She's blogged a few more photos of the trip here.

Some of the teachers dived

  while the students snorkeled, 

on a treasure hunt for various species.

Among other things, they spotted:

razor fish, 
blue starfish, chocolate chip starfish, crown of thorns starfish, 
sea cucumbers, 
crinoids, 
miles of coral, 
sea urchins, 
Christmas tree worms, feather duster worms, 
angel fish, and lots of unidentified fish.

(thanks for the list, Amy!)

Here is the sea, great and wide, 

which teems with creatures innumerable, 

living things both small and great.

Psalm 104:25