tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2868430679666532583.post4527226846382277025..comments2024-01-30T03:23:25.504-05:00Comments on Ricardo's Blog, : Mona Island, exploring the Acropora palmata reef, circa 1982Ricardohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14402991574366070595noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2868430679666532583.post-53274472519207526572015-04-26T23:24:01.461-04:002015-04-26T23:24:01.461-04:00The near same experiences I had as a teen living o...The near same experiences I had as a teen living on Culebra Island in the early 70's a time when the U.S. Navy was still conducting military exercises along the Flamenco Peninsula, for the most part the area below the OP near the man made shark repellent testing pool, the reefs, both dead and living coral structures, fish and water clarity were exceptional and impossibly beautiful. My recent visit to these same areas depressed me deeply for there was nothing left of the beauty an diversity I witnessed as a young kid.BirdofWoodArtStudiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14017750131497399466noreply@blogger.com