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05 January 2010, 14:04
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Seabed
Not a picture of a RIB, but one taken from a RIB - I hope that counts?
50m down in some of the most tidal waters known. 
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05 January 2010, 15:07
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Anyplace near the CSS Alabama?
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Can I have three guesses?
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05 January 2010, 16:00
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Quote:
Originally Posted by willk
Anyplace near the CSS Alabama?
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Not far, but far enough to still be in Alderney waters and not French. 
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05 January 2010, 16:08
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I know I'm going to regret asking this...what is it? 
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05 January 2010, 16:14
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Leapy
I know I'm going to regret asking this...what is it? |
I'll give you a hint: That's the mating grounds of the (extremely) rare zebra whale. Some, erm, evidence remains... 
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05 January 2010, 16:16
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Originally Posted by malthouse
Not far, but far enough to still be in Alderney waters and not French. |
So a Vintage Armagnac but no cigar then? 
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05 January 2010, 16:17
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Thank you for the 'hint'...I assume a comment from GarFie will follow based on the subject matter
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05 January 2010, 16:27
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Leapy
I assume a comment from GarFie will follow based on the subject matter |
He has been quiet lately...
Possibly doing a stretch for Identity Theft
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05 January 2010, 16:36
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Leapy
I know I'm going to regret asking this...what is it? |
It is the stuff underneath the blue wobbly thing your RIB sits in.
The name is confusing I admit, sea - not made of water. And then bed - mostly rocks and other hard things, not bed like at all. 
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05 January 2010, 20:00
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The OP is a typical opening teaser post.
Ok, I'll take the Malteaser's bait and ask...
"Where, who and why?"
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05 January 2010, 20:07
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Ok, I'll take the Malteaser's bait
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Oooooh, I like that!
JK, please sir, can I change my user name? 
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05 January 2010, 21:14
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 I just saw the co-ords on the pic. So much for educated guesswork!
So anyway, I'd like to know the whys and wherefores. Those look like either bryozoans or possibly sponges on a Maerl/rock substrate. Wassup?
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05 January 2010, 21:45
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Quote:
Originally Posted by willk
Those look like either bryozoans or possibly sponges on a Maerl/rock substrate.
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Crikey thats good, very good. 
I shall spill the beans, or the elephants ears...
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06 January 2010, 09:12
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... We have been doing a video survey run of the seabed in the Alderney Race for the whole of 2009, the results are as you can see quite pretty but also quite surprising.
The effects on the environment down there are predictably turbulent, but the way species cope with that is quite something. None of the usual rules apply as the over riding influence is the movement of the water.
It is all about the tide, as the purpose of the survey is to form a baseline of data ahead of the rolling out of Alderney's tidal power development.
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