Clown Valley
水深はサイト上部から通常の最大深度までの範囲を示し、「推奨認定レベル」はオペレーターが一般的に求めるメインストリーム機関の資格レベルであり、法的な義務ではありません。流れと透明度は日々変化します——ここに掲載されている情報はすべて計画の目安としてご利用ください。
Clown Valley sounds like exaggeration until the slope comes into view: hectares of seafloor carpeted in host anemones, tentacle to tentacle, rolling with the surge like a single organism. Anemonefish of several species defend territories every meter or two, producing a comedy of tiny outrage in every direction, and porcelain crabs and shrimp sublet the fringes. The cold, rich water that blankets Alor keeps the carpet expanding, and nobody has offered a fully satisfying explanation for its density. It photographs like nothing else in Indonesia, wide-angle abundance built from macro subjects. Divers surface half-laughing; the site does not really have a comparison group.
その瞬間のために: An anemone carpet of absurd extent; anemonefish in their hundreds; a genuinely one-off seascape.
地形: A broad slope off Pura island covered almost continuously in host anemones.
流れ(カレント): The slope faces the strait, so a watchful drift is normal even on quiet tides.
エントリー前に知っておこう
危険生物・リスク: Stinging anemones cover the bottom, and cool thermoclines cross the slope; gloves are no substitute for not touching.
保全: The carpet is the attraction and the hazard's mirror: there is nowhere neutral to touch down, so buoyancy must be dialed in before arrival.
出会える生物
Clownfish & Anemonefish
Hawksbill Turtle
Porcupinefish
Titan Triggerfish
水中フォトグラファー向け
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