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  • The Ocean Hole is an inland pond or blue hole located on Eleuthera Island, Bahamas. It is believed to be over 600 feet deep and is located directly behind a school. A long time ago fish from the ocean were brought into the pond. It is likely these introduced species ate all the native species. Now the introduced fish rely heavily on food from locals and tourists alike. The Ocean Hole park is a major tourist attraction for this Bahamian out island.
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  • The Ocean Hole is a blue hole located on Eleuthera Island, Bahamas. It is believed to be over 600 feet deep and is located directly behind a school. A long time ago fish from the ocean were brought into the pond. It is likely these introduced species ate all the native species. Now the introduced fish rely heavily on food from locals and tourists alike. The Ocean Hole park is a major tourist attraction for this Bahamian out island.
    2016_09_03OceanHole0279.jpg
  • A scuba diver nears a halocline (caused by a strong, vertical salinity gradient) while exploring a blue hole known as The Ocean Hole on Eleuthera Island in The Bahamas.
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  • An underwater look at a blue hole in The Bahamas known locally as the sapphire blue hole. It features clear water and is surrounded by trees above. Image made on Eleuthera, Bahamas.
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  • A blue hole is a collapsed cave that, cut off from the ocean, often holds unique species and rare archological finds. This is an un-named blue hole on Eleuthera Island in The Bahamas.
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  • The Ocean Hole is an inland pond or blue hole located on Eleuthera Island, Bahamas. It is believed to be over 600 feet deep and is located directly behind a school. A long time ago fish from the ocean were brought into the pond. It is likely these introduced species ate all the native species. Now the introduced fish rely heavily on food from locals and tourists alike. The Ocean Hole park is a major tourist attraction for this Bahamian out island.
    Dependence
  • Deans Blue Hole on Long Island, Bahamas is a world-famous freediving site due to it's relative protection from the winds, easy access and, of course, extreme depth. Two days before this image was taken a new world-record was set here.
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  • A blue hole is a collapsed cave that, cut off from the ocean, often holds unique species and rare archological finds. This is an un-named blue hole on Eleuthera Island in The Bahamas.
    20181215-DJI_0498.jpg
  • A blue hole is a collapsed cave that, cut off from the ocean, often holds unique species and rare archological finds. This is an un-named blue hole on Eleuthera Island in The Bahamas.
    20181215-DJI_0520.jpg
  • A scuba diver nears a halocline (caused by a strong, vertical salinity gradient) while exploring a blue hole known as The Ocean Hole on Eleuthera Island in The Bahamas.
    2014_05_15HI091.jpg
  • The Ocean Hole is an inland pond or blue hole located on Eleuthera Island, Bahamas. It is believed to be over 600 feet deep and is located directly behind a school. A long time ago fish from the ocean were brought into the pond. It is likely these introduced species ate all the native species. Now the introduced fish rely heavily on food from locals and tourists alike. The Ocean Hole park is a major tourist attraction for this Bahamian out island.
    2016_09_03OceanHole0507.jpg
  • The floor of a blue hole in The Bahamas is covered in decaying matter, food for the Cuban red cave shrimp.
    2012_HI_Aug_29th045.jpg
  • A Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi) swims along the edge of a blue hole in The Bahamas.
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  • An aerial view of a blue hole on Eleuthera Island, Bahamas.
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  • An underwater view of a blue hole on Eleuthera Island, Bahamas.
    2016_09_22BlueHole178.jpg
  • This inland pond (sometimes called a blue hole) formed when water levels were higher and reefs build up. As The water lowered the tunnels in the reef ended up inland from the sea. This blue hole is connected to the ocean underground through small tunnels, far too small for any diver. The passages also do not appear to transfer marine life either as what is found in here is far different from what is found in the ocean.
    BlueHoleStory01.jpg
  • An almost blind Bahamas Cave Fish (Lucifuga) survives just fine in the darkness of deep blue hole.
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  • Bahamian activist Adell Farquharson dives in to a blue hole. Getting protections for the blue holes is tricky partly because the land around many of them are owned by many different parties.
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  • A shrimp that is most likely a red cuban cave shrimp (Barbouria cubensis) in a blue hole on Eleuthera, Bahamas.
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  • An almost blind Bahamas cave fish aka cusk eel (Lucifuga spelaeotes) at the bottom of a blue hole on Eleuthera Island, Bahamas.
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  • A shrimp that is most likely a red Cuban cave shrimp (Barbouria cubensis) scavenging on a dead crab in a blue hole on Eleuthera, Bahamas. When a shrimp finds a meal it rises in the water column to avoid competition.
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  • A mating aggregation of blacknose sharks (Carcharhinus acronotus) in a blue hole in The Bahamas.
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  • A shrimp that is most likely a red cuban cave shrimp, Barbouria cubensis, in a blue hole on Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    2016_09_22BlueHole268.jpg
  • Once blue holes are discovered they become human-infested garbage bins.
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  • The Bahamian islands are potholed with blue holes and inland ponds. Each pond is unique and holds little-studied species like this yet-to-be-described red cave shrimp. Most blue holes have no protection from development, pollution, invasive species, or extraction.
    2016_09_22BlueHole207.jpg
  • In a Bahamian blue hole a woman gives thanks.
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  • A shrimp that is most likely a red cuban cave shrimp, Barbouria cubensis, in a blue hole on Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    2016_10_26RedShrimp385.jpg
  • Shrimp that are most likely red cuban cave shrimp, Barbouria cubensis, in a blue hole on Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    2016_09_22BlueHole616.jpg
  • A scuba diver in silhouette exploring the entrance to an underwater cave or blue hole on Eleuthera, Bahamas.
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  • An almost blind cusk eel (Lucifuga) survives just fine in the darkness of deep blue hole.
    BlueHoleStory02.jpg
  • Sharpnose sharks gather at a blue hole in The Bahamas to mate.
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  • A cave shrimp consumes a crab. In this blue hole on Eleuthera Island in the Bahamas when a food source drops to the bottom a shrimp will quickly claim it's prize and rise up off the bottom to avoid competition.
    Shrimp Feast
  • A blue hole is a collapsed cave that, cut off from the ocean, often holds unique species and rare archological finds. This is an un-named blue hole on Eleuthera Island in The Bahamas.
    Bahamian Blue Hole
  • A blue hole is a collapsed cave that, cut off from the ocean, often holds unique species and rare archological finds. This is an un-named blue hole on Eleuthera Island in The Bahamas.
    Blue Hole
  • A blue hole is a collapsed cave that, cut off from the ocean, often holds unique species and rare archological finds. This is an un-named blue hole on Eleuthera Island in The Bahamas.
    Blue Hole
  • Scuba diving tourism is a possible way for islanders to gain income from a non-destructive use of the ponds.
    2014_05_15HI237-2.jpg
  • A red cave shrimp feasting on a dead crab that has fallen into an in-land pond on Eleuthera, Bahamas. Directly under the opening is a silty plain that is covered in the shrimp. When a possible food source falls into the pond the lucky shrimp will swim up off the bottom to avoid competition.
    Scavenger
  • Scuba diving tourism is a possible way for islanders to gain income from a non-destructive use of the ponds.
    Explore
  • An inland pond on North Eleuthera lets the high sun pour in. The pond is mostly dark and cold, yet hosts interesting and little-known life.
    2016_09_22BlueHole178.jpg
  • Scuba diving tourism is a possible way for islanders to gain income from a non-destructive use of the ponds. If the ponds begin to earn income, perhaps the government will have enough incentive to protect them.
    BlueHoleStory11.jpg
  • Eleuthera Island in the Bahamas has almost 200 in-land ponds. Some of these hold amazing treasures like a yet-to-be described cave shrimp. One pond even holds the record for the highest density of seahorses in the world. All of the ponds are under threat from development, invasive species and pollution. Protections are desperately needed.
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  • Three lined seahorses (Hippocampus erectus) feed on plankton at night.
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  • An inland pond on Eleuthera with an especially high density of shrimp. This pond is currently under threat of development as trees surrounding the area have been chopped down. Plans are highly secret. Eleuthera Island in the Bahamas has almost 200 in-land ponds. Some of these hold amazing treasures like a yet-to-be described cave shrimp. One pond even holds the record for the highest density of seahorses in the world. All of the ponds are under threat from development, invasive species and pollution. Protections are desperately needed.
    ShrimpDensity
  • Eleuthera Island in the Bahamas has almost 200 in-land ponds. Some of these hold amazing treasures like a yet-to-be described cave shrimp. All of the ponds are under threat from development, invasive species and pollution. Protections are desperately needed.
    Eleuthera Inland Ponds009.jpg
  • A blind cusk eel survives just fine in the darkness of deep inland ponds.
    BlueHolesStory02.jpg
  • The bottom of a pond takes on other-worldly colors as debris from vegetation above begins to decay.
    BlueHolesStory03.jpg
  • Large channel clinging crabs (Mithrax spinosissimus) form a small fishery in The Pond. The fisherman only take a single claw from a crab. The claw will grow back and because the crab survives it has a good chance of remaining sustainable.
    Fishery
  • An inland pond on North Eleuthera lets the high sun pour in. The pond is mostly dark and cold, yet hosts interesting and little-known life.
    Eleuthera Inland Ponds002.jpg
  • A diver explores Chac Mool Cenote (or sinkhole) in Quintana Roo, Mexico.
    2016_01_19Cancun903.jpg
  • Eleuthera Island in the Bahamas has almost 200 in-land ponds. Some of these hold amazing treasures like a yet-to-be described cave shrimp. One pond even holds the record for the highest density of seahorses in the world. All of the ponds are under threat from development, invasive species and pollution. Protections are desperately needed.
    Eleuthera Inland Ponds005.jpg
  • Researcher Rob Drummond uses nets to catch red cave shrimp in an unnamed pond for biological analysis.
    Scientist
  • Eleuthera Island in the Bahamas has almost 200 in-land ponds. Some of these hold amazing treasures like a yet-to-be described cave shrimp. One pond even holds the record for the highest density of seahorses in the world. All of the ponds are under threat from development, invasive species and pollution. Protections are desperately needed.
    Eleuthera Inland Ponds011.jpg
  • A scientist at the Cape Eleuthera Institute captures a red shrimp for study. It could be a new species that has not been described. This pond is currently being explored for possible development on South Eleuthera Island, Bahamas. Eleuthera Island in the Bahamas has almost 200 in-land ponds. Some of these hold amazing treasures like a yet-to-be described cave shrimp. One pond even holds the record for the highest density of seahorses in the world. All of the ponds are under threat from development, invasive species and pollution. Protections are desperately needed.
    Eleuthera Inland Ponds008.jpg
  • An inland pond on Eleuthera with an especially high density red Cuban cave shrimp. They are usually found walking around the seabed, but one this occasion, for unknown reasons, they were "marching" to deeper water.
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  • An aerial view of an inland alkaline pond on Eleuthera Island, Bahamas.
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  • Near the entrance of Sapphire blue hole, on North Eleuthera Island the trees have been replaced with a parking lot, bench, railings and signs. The surrounding trees provided nourishment to the animals living inside the blue hole. We do not know yet if the change will affect the animals.
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