Snorkeling at Agat Cemetary Beach

We have a little Pentax underwater camera with us. (It works out of the water too.) I'm very pleased with it, but we are still learning to use it. Here are some photos from a snorkel session at Agat Cemetery beach, taken last week. The water was churned up a bit, but the kids did pretty good getting some fish shots in the moving water. It is really hard to hold still when your feet aren't solid on anything. Maybe we will have better photos next week. I am hoping they will give me a turn sometime.

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The blue Sea Stars are the prettiest blue, and they hold still for the camera.

This coral head attracts lots of beautiful fish, but they hide when you get out the camera.

Thread Fin Butterfly Fish (Chaetodon auriga)

I'm not sure on the identity of the remaining fishes. I'm still learning. I found a good resource if your interested in learning more. http://www.guamreeflife.com/

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