Heading to Alto Vista Chapel | Bigkitty Gallery

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Getting up close with a Stingray that's about 40 yrs old

Turtles in the Breeding Pond

Brian holding the stingray

I love the "smile" the ship has

Swimming under a platform for workers

Hawksbill Turtle Info

The end of the body of the female stingray

Answers to the questions

It needs a bit of paint touch ups when it goes to dry dock in December

Coming back to the ship

Touching the stingray

Headed out to Stingray City

Passing by Brian

Another Hatchery Statue

Physiology of the turtles

Gently gliding along

Breeding Pond Info

Life of a Kemp's Ridley Turtle

See how they flaps their sides to move

Cayman Crocodile Exhibit

Hold it like an icecream cone, and keep your thumb down

Smiley the Crocodile

Life of a Hawksbill Turtle

Rules for touching the turtles

Those black rocks would become white-ish if put in baking soda and water.

This group of turtles are around 20 yrs old

A lizard in the middle of the picture that ran out in front of us.

Conservation of the turtles

Are those lava rocks?

Lots of turtles in the Breeding Pond!

Look one turtle is in the tunnel like Erica was in Tampa!

Loggerhead Turtle size

Heritage of the turtles

He's bringing over one to eat our squid

The par that's in the middle of the tail is the barb

Crocodile questions

Life of a Green Turtle

Our squid to feed the stingrays

Average age of these turtles is 30 yrs old

Gentle creature

This is Bes...our Tour Guide/driver for the day (just not at Stingray)

Long tails are male, short tails are female

Display of how an incubator is set up

Life of a Loggerhead Turtle

Exploring the stairs

Hawksbill Turtle size

Isn't she cute!

Eyes on the top

The "beach" the females lay their eggs in. The workers move the eggs to the Hatchery.

The boat we used to get to Stingray City

Green Turtle Facts

Hatchery Statue

Loggerhead Turtle Info

More black spiky rocks!

Here comes another

Grand Cayman is a tender port...we are leaving the ship

The origin of the name of this town

Right under me!

Coming through!

Photos to help explain previous picture

Soft smooth skin

A male on the right, I think a female in the middle, and unknown gender on the left

They can swim under the platform we started our tour on.

Good view of the male above the other 2 turtles

I got to touch one that's just a few years old!

Slightly younger turtles...under 20 yrs old.

Don't touch the barb...it will hurt you!

Size of an adult Green Turtle

Turtle Hatchlings Experiment

The sign says it all!

See I can smile!

Cute sign on the bottom of the main sign

Gentle touches, but NO kisses

Lots of stingrays and fish...hey free food daily, you'd hang out too!

Getting ready to snorkel

The first Sargent major fish that wasn't camera shy

"Did you get good pictures of all of those fish?"

Early Morning first Sea Day

Reggie Medford - The man who created our sculptures

Starting our trip aboard the Siamese Sailing Junk

Siamese Sailing Junk with sails down

120,000 Years Ago

Sharp looking stalactites

a school of sargent majors

Sailing to Klein Bonaire for snorkeling

Great Morning on a Sea Day

Starting our UTV Excursion

Good morning Aruba!

In the last 120,000 years

Steep cliffs on the side of Andicuri Beach

Different rock formations everywhere

My guide to a school of sergent majors

Looking out to sea on Andicuri Beach

A shack various fishermen use during their trips

The ocean is powerful!

Entrance to Cave and land formation information

The formation starts here

Down we go on the tram

Fish swimming along the sandy bottom

The cliff shows the erosion

Continuing to the Natural Bridge

Brian snorkeling

Great stalactites

Random shacks for traveling fishermen

Entrance to the Natural Bridge

Plaque at Harrison Cave Visitor Center entrance

Many new stalactites

Clear water...and a fish trying to blend in to the sandy bottom

Rock view of Grand Cayman from the ship

"My work here is done!"

The layers of minerals on the stalagmite

Sun starting to peak out

Large school of sargent majors

Following the coast to the natural bridge

The captain of the junk

We're in the middle of the line of UTVs

Driving the Arashi Dunes

Getting very close to the fish

Yellow building in the back is at the Natural Bridge

This is the original bridge to Andicuri Beach that collapsed in 2005

Sunrise colors stretching to the clouds

The small beach under Baby Bridge

Stalagmites almost looking like a group of people hanging out together

Sunrise with the sun camera filter

Us on Andicuri Beach with the cliff behind us

What is a karst?

One of a few harbor porpoises playing along side the ship

The ocean is eroding the land

Inside Alto Vista Chapel

How did Harrison Cave form?

This fish followed me EVERYWHERE!

Still wreaking havoc on the old broken bridge

Lines in the sand from the waves

Small vertical flowstone

Erosion in progress

Nice coral and a rock with fish around the rock

A masked booby along side the NCL Dawn

Barbados is not a volcanic island

It's all about water...

Cliff Wall Vegetation Zone Info

Long ago, the small piles of rocks were used to mark fishing spots.

Heading to Alto Vista Chapel

Some of the drive was on paved roads

The minerals forming a flowstone

Driving right along...

Looking inland...nice scenery

A cluster of stalactites and a cluster of stalagmites

Today's driver is Erica

The power of the ocean!

Sea Day sunrise rock

Alto Vista Chapel front

Heading to the California Lighthouse

California Lighthouse

Looking at Arashi Bay

Passing Andicuri Beach

Spectacular crashing waves

Different cacti growing around here

3 masked boobies flying near us, as the rainbow fades away

A spring flowing through the caves

Follow me...this way!

See the drops on the stalactites?

Different types of coral

2 stalagmites...the large one has be cut to show it's layers

Spout of water flowing out

Overlooking Andicuri Beach

Many stalactites still forming today

Side of Alto Vista Chapel

Where the sandy area drops down deeper

A fish near the coral rock

Heading to the coast

Left side of the beach

Great orange color!

Steam running through the caves

Micro view of seaweed

Us on the beach

Alto Vista Chapel information

Different types of speleothems

Almost a column

Sunrise view out of the side window

Less than 1 million years ago

Such blue waters!

The moon ending day 7 of our cruise

Welcome sign to the info center

Oh boy it's windy here! The dirt is flying into my eyes!

Rainy morning sea day with a masked booby

This is on the back of the chapel

Driving right along

Pink glow on my guide

Wearing the required head gear to go into the cave

"Who you looking at?"

micro view of coral

The type of tree the "Awesome Tree" is

Vegetation wall

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