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  • An aerial view of an inland alkaline pond on Eleuthera Island, Bahamas.
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  • Sweetings pond is cut off from the main ocean leading the animals inside to evolve differently from those in the open ocean.
    20190218-DJI_0638.jpg
  • 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 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
  • 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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  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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_03OceanHole0878.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 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
  • 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
  • A camouflaged lined seahorse (Hippocampus erectus) holding onto a tree branch near the surface in an alkaline pond in The Bahamas.
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  • The bottom of a pond takes on other-worldly colors as debris from vegetation above begins to decay.
    BlueHolesStory03.jpg
  • Researcher Rob Drummond uses nets to catch red cave shrimp in an unnamed pond for biological analysis.
    Scientist
  • A lined seahorse (Hippocampus erectus) clinging to coral in an alkaline pond in The Bahamas.
    20190113-500_1713.jpg
  • A male lined seahorse (Hippocampus erectus) clining to algae in an alkaline pond called Sweetings Pond on Eleuthera Island, Bahamas.
    20190218-500_3410.jpg
  • A male lined seahorse (Hippocampus erectus) clinging to algae in an alkaline pond called Sweeting Pond in The Bahamas.
    20190218-500_3426.jpg
  • The Pond is cut off from the main ocean leading the animals inside to evolve differently from those in the open ocean. In the background we can see a former pond that was dynamited open for a marina.
    20190218-DJI_0638.jpg
  • Sweetings pond is cut off from the main ocean leading the animals inside to evolve differently from those in the open ocean.
    20190218-DJI_0638.jpg
  • 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 nudibranch (Dondice occidentalis) feeding on algae in an alkaline pond in The Bahamas.
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  • A nudibranch (Dondice occidentalis) feeding on algae in an alkaline pond in The Bahamas.
    20190302-500_4151.jpg
  • Two lined seahorses (Hippocampus erectus), one male and one female, clinging to algae in an alkaline pond in The Bahamas.
    20190302-500_4078.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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Scuba diving tourism is a possible way for islanders to gain income from a non-destructive use of the ponds.
    Explore
  • A lined seahorse (Hippocampus erectus) at night lit by a blacklight to determine if the individual is tagged. The patches on the neck indicate a tagged animal.
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  • A lined seahorse (Hippocampus erectus) at night lit by a blacklight to determine if the individual is tagged.
    2016_03_03_HI237.jpg
  • A lined seahorse (Hippocampus erectus) at night lit by a blacklight to determine if the individual is tagged.
    2016_03_03_HI221.jpg
  • Dr. Heather Mason-Jones uses a black light to check whether the seahorse has been tagged. The yellow and pink splotches near the top of the fish indicate this is a tagged seahorse.
    Tagged Seahorse
  • 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
  • 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 nocturnal lined seahorse (Hippocampus erectus) clinging to algae at night in an alkaline pond called Sweeting Pond in The Bahamas.
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  • A pair of lined seahorses (Hippocampus erectus) in a pond in The Bahamas known to have the highest density of seahorses on Earth.
    2015_08_20_HI182.jpg
  • A lined seahorse (Hippocampus erectus) clining to algae in an alkaline pond on Eleuthera Island, Bahamas.
    20190113-500_2007.jpg
  • A pair of lined seahorses (Hippocampus erectus) in a pond in The Bahamas known to have the highest density of seahorses on Earth.
    2015_08_20_HI182.jpg
  • A lined seahorse (Hippocampus erectus) clings to algae on Eleuthera Island, Bahamas.
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  • A channel clinging crab shortly after molting.
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  • A male and female pair of seahorses.
    2015_08_20_HI182.jpg
  • 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
  • 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
  • Caribbean reef octopus in inland pond, Eleuthera, Bahamas.
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  • Caribbean reef octopus in inland pond, Eleuthera, Bahamas.
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  • Caribbean reef octopus in inland pond, Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    20170729HI-224sm.jpg
  • Caribbean reef octopus in inland pond, Eleuthera, Bahamas
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  • 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.
    2015_11_30HI855 2.jpg
  • A blind cusk eel survives just fine in the darkness of deep inland ponds.
    BlueHolesStory02.jpg
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