underwater life

This is a lionfish. we saw a lot of lionfish last weekend when we went diving off moso island. we had bought an underwater disposable camera and took a lot of photos (of a moray eel, a stonefish, beautiful bits of coral) that all look like the photo below, so I have to admit to this not being the exact lionfish we saw but one belonging to another google user with a better camera.

The reef and the fish were beautiful but maybe the best thing about the dive was the water - it is so incredibly clear (not to mention warm) that it does actually look like the top photo, the visability was so good you could almost forget you were underwater. We also dived off Eretoka known as Hat island. A very important chief called Roi Mata was buried on hat island about 400 years ago but unfortunately it is tabu to step on the island without permission from the local kastom chief so we couldnt look around. Vanuatu are hopeful that the island might be listed as a world heritage site in the next couple of years.