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Green Sea Turtle

Chelonia mydas

Photo by Allen Hoof
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Green Sea Turtle ~ 3 feet long overall swimming next to shallow reef.

Habitat:

Near shore tropical waters; coral reef ecosystem.

Notes:

Spotted about 20 feet deep offshore of Makaha. Date shown is notional, was ca. 1994. Original medium photoprint, taken with Nikonos V using flash; print subsequently scanned and image saved as digital file.

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Comments (4)
Allen Hoof
Thanks for the kind words, but it would have been surprising if I had not seen one. They are common in the area where I was diving.
Hawkkit
I saw the habit and notes that you put. That's cool that you spotted one!
Allen Hoof
No. It was free swimming was in the open ocean at least ¼ mile from shore.

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Underwater Hawai'i
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PublishedDecember 19, 2011

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