In the afternoon some of us went for a dive. It was amazing. The atoll is like a mesa in the water. Surrounding it there is a shelf of about 120 feet after which depth goes to 2000 feet. Diving we got to the edge and looked down. It is amazingly scary. On one side you have coral and trapped sand, on the other a deep blue hole that goes deep forever in a vertical drop. We are not talking gradual here, it is a steep almost vertical drop.
We also saw some interesting fish like a ray and a big grouper. Some of the sponges and corals in the depth are different. For example, we saw a sponge that forms a tube about 4 feet diameter with little fish living inside it.
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