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Mike Toupin

Mike Toupin
Pa'Nibal
Welcome/About
Welcome
What we do
Personal Mission
Personal Ministry
Toupin-News Video Update
Toupin-News 2020 Year End
Coffee Time
Photos
Scuba Favorites
Kauai Diving 2019
Masai Mara, June 2019
Ki-Tharaka Bible Dedication, June 2019
Ella & Platte River Pics
Transformational Conversations
Reflections
Partnership
Honeycomb Box Fish 10-12 inches

Honeycomb Box Fish 10-12 inches

Honeycomb box fish - wonderful "kissy" view

Honeycomb box fish - wonderful "kissy" view

tiny vacuum cleaner

tiny vacuum cleaner

Peacock Flounder

Peacock Flounder

Peacock Flounders beautiful eyes and colors

Peacock Flounders beautiful eyes and colors

Peacock Flounder... beautiful blue hues and spots

Peacock Flounder... beautiful blue hues and spots

fellow diver capturing a huge Grouper

fellow diver capturing a huge Grouper

Huge, Old, Loggerhead Turtle - going down after gulping air at the top

Huge, Old, Loggerhead Turtle - going down after gulping air at the top

Ancient Loggerhead - Pollo pointed him out in the Blue... hard swim to get close

Ancient Loggerhead - Pollo pointed him out in the Blue... hard swim to get close

Unidentified timid friend

Unidentified timid friend

Boxy

Boxy

Deep colors on this Boxfish

Deep colors on this Boxfish

Flamingo Tongue Sea Snail

Flamingo Tongue Sea Snail

Flamingo Tongue

Flamingo Tongue

Flamingo's love this tree-like coral

Flamingo's love this tree-like coral

Flamingos remind me of Japanese art somehow

Flamingos remind me of Japanese art somehow

Flamingo Tongues: Always snuggled almost out of eyesight

Flamingo Tongues: Always snuggled almost out of eyesight

More Flamingo Tongues - Sometimes 2 or 3 in a Flamingo Train

More Flamingo Tongues - Sometimes 2 or 3 in a Flamingo Train

Rich colors

Rich colors

Always a prize, Flamingo Tongues

Always a prize, Flamingo Tongues

Midnight Parrot - Large

Midnight Parrot - Large

Scrawled File Fish

Scrawled File Fish

Beautiful Schools of French Grunts

Beautiful Schools of French Grunts

So many lovely anemones

So many lovely anemones

Somebody seems in the wrong neighborhood!

Somebody seems in the wrong neighborhood!

Honeycomb Cow Fish

Honeycomb Cow Fish

Spotted Moray "I see you"

Spotted Moray "I see you"

This guy, a Goby or Jawfish, small, peeks his head out to see what's up

This guy, a Goby or Jawfish, small, peeks his head out to see what's up

Just taking a peek (jawfish)

Just taking a peek (jawfish)

Vicki - that's the blue beyond her. Deep. Beautiful.

Vicki - that's the blue beyond her. Deep. Beautiful.

Tube Worms, inside out, very small, beautiful

Tube Worms, inside out, very small, beautiful

Yellow Christmas Tree

Yellow Christmas Tree

I really love trying to get texture pics from these coral displays

I really love trying to get texture pics from these coral displays

Screen Saver

Screen Saver

Home Decor

Home Decor

The Bar Jacks (top) often befriend Rays

The Bar Jacks (top) often befriend Rays

A small Ray with his buddy - a Bar Jack... symbiotic relationship

A small Ray with his buddy - a Bar Jack... symbiotic relationship

Small Ray buried in the sand... Eyes and gills exposed

Small Ray buried in the sand... Eyes and gills exposed

Nurse Shark Portrait!

Nurse Shark Portrait!

Nurse Shark

Nurse Shark

Nurse Shark Profile - note the cleaner fish passenger

Nurse Shark Profile - note the cleaner fish passenger

Don't usually see a large Nurse like this fully exposed - pretty cool

Don't usually see a large Nurse like this fully exposed - pretty cool

Sting Ray and Bar Jack Buddies - love trying to capture these shots

Sting Ray and Bar Jack Buddies - love trying to capture these shots

Taking off in tandem

Taking off in tandem

Tag Team!

Tag Team!

These two were coming right at me, with Vicki close behind

These two were coming right at me, with Vicki close behind

As if in Flying Formation

As if in Flying Formation

Below the radar!

Below the radar!

Queen Angel

Queen Angel

Blending right into the sandy bottom, Peacock Flounder

Blending right into the sandy bottom, Peacock Flounder

Beautiful and tiny spotted cleaner shrimp

Beautiful and tiny spotted cleaner shrimp

These cleaners love living in this "carpet anemone"

These cleaners love living in this "carpet anemone"

Check out the details... love the design

Check out the details... love the design

Translucent bodies... beautiful spots... intricate legs and feelers... cool

Translucent bodies... beautiful spots... intricate legs and feelers... cool

Small porcupine fish - the universe is in his eyes

Small porcupine fish - the universe is in his eyes

A pair of regal Grey Angels

A pair of regal Grey Angels

Arrow Crab

Arrow Crab

Banded Shrimp - like Jacque in Nemo

Banded Shrimp - like Jacque in Nemo

Stone Fish - incredible camouflage

Stone Fish - incredible camouflage

Stone Fish - check out the antennae!

Stone Fish - check out the antennae!

Peacock Flounder

Peacock Flounder

Mr. Peacock... (flounder) both eyes on top - can you see the mouth?

Mr. Peacock... (flounder) both eyes on top - can you see the mouth?

Beautiful swim through... and swimmer through-er

Beautiful swim through... and swimmer through-er

Blenny... among my favorite subjects. Small, Tiny, Incredible

Blenny... among my favorite subjects. Small, Tiny, Incredible

Blenny

Blenny

Blenny

Blenny

Blenny

Blenny

See him? Stone Fish

See him? Stone Fish

Painted Elysia - so small - so vibrant

Painted Elysia - so small - so vibrant

Stone fish mug shot

Stone fish mug shot

Barracuda! Up close and personal :)

Barracuda! Up close and personal :)

An old Cuda... within a foot or so

An old Cuda... within a foot or so

Anemone - Living Animal Wonder

Anemone - Living Animal Wonder

Cozumel Splendid Bearded Toadfish - only found in Cozumel

Cozumel Splendid Bearded Toadfish - only found in Cozumel

Cozumel Splendid

Cozumel Splendid

Amazing Creation - Cozumel Splendid Bearded Toadfish

Amazing Creation - Cozumel Splendid Bearded Toadfish

Blenny Surprise

Blenny Surprise

Blenny

Blenny

Blenny

Blenny

Ray and Jack - Fully exposed

Ray and Jack - Fully exposed

Ray and Jack, exit stage left

Ray and Jack, exit stage left

Ray and Jack - off to the sunset

Ray and Jack - off to the sunset

Ray and Jack - Floating in tandem

Ray and Jack - Floating in tandem

Nurse Shark (4 feet long) and Huge Grouper - Buddies

Nurse Shark (4 feet long) and Huge Grouper - Buddies

 Grouper and 4 foot Nurse Shark Friend… HUGE grouper

Grouper and 4 foot Nurse Shark Friend… HUGE grouper

Mariano, Master Diver, Keeper of the Reef :)

Mariano, Master Diver, Keeper of the Reef :)

Pollo. Friend. Master Diver. Lover of the Sea... with his Maker now

Pollo. Friend. Master Diver. Lover of the Sea... with his Maker now

Pollo and friend

Pollo and friend

Debra capturing a cowabunga moment

Debra capturing a cowabunga moment

Just Chillin'

Just Chillin'

Queen Angel

Queen Angel

Trumpet Fish

Trumpet Fish

Queen Filefish

Queen Filefish

Grey Angel

Grey Angel

Coral texture

Coral texture

Splendid! Always hiding inside a coral and sand enclave

Splendid! Always hiding inside a coral and sand enclave

Juvenile Drumfish... tiny... darting back and forth in one small area

Juvenile Drumfish... tiny... darting back and forth in one small area

Drum fish

Drum fish

What a beauty - D rum Fish juvenile

What a beauty - D rum Fish juvenile

Little Drum Fish

Little Drum Fish

Drum Fish - constantly on the move

Drum Fish - constantly on the move

Crab Dinner?

Crab Dinner?

Check out those chompers

Check out those chompers

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Painted Elysia - less than 1 inch, tiny wonderful sea slug

Painted Elysia - less than 1 inch, tiny wonderful sea slug

Painted Elysia - loves green grassy areas against white sand

Painted Elysia - loves green grassy areas against white sand

Large, gentle Porcupine fish

Large, gentle Porcupine fish

I'm sure his mother thinks he's handsome - Green Moray

I'm sure his mother thinks he's handsome - Green Moray

Large Green Moray - often in cover of coral shelfs and structure

Large Green Moray - often in cover of coral shelfs and structure

Green Moray - Come on in

Green Moray - Come on in

Green Moray - "breathing" through the mouth

Green Moray - "breathing" through the mouth

Green Moray - Fins up

Green Moray - Fins up

Small Golden Moray

Small Golden Moray

Golden Moray

Golden Moray

File Fish - Dorsal Extended a bit

File Fish - Dorsal Extended a bit

Beautiful Cow Fish

Beautiful Cow Fish

Blenny

Blenny

Painted Elysia getting lost in favorite green sea grass

Painted Elysia getting lost in favorite green sea grass

Painted Elysia

Painted Elysia

Cuda

Cuda

Cuda

Cuda

Cuda - soooo close :)

Cuda - soooo close :)

Large lumbering porcupine fish

Large lumbering porcupine fish

Queen File fish

Queen File fish

Queen Angel

Queen Angel

Green Moray

Green Moray

Honeycomb Boxfish

Honeycomb Boxfish

Honeycomb friends

Honeycomb friends

Less frequently seen cowfish

Less frequently seen cowfish

Special treat to see this cowfish

Special treat to see this cowfish

Grey Angel Pair

Grey Angel Pair

Stunning Grey Angel

Stunning Grey Angel

Friend enjoying the sea together

Friend enjoying the sea together

Turtle views

Turtle views

Lined up for the photo

Lined up for the photo

Easy going

Easy going

Relaxing together

Relaxing together

And what do you seek, Grasshopper?

And what do you seek, Grasshopper?

Lobster Face - stranger than fiction

Lobster Face - stranger than fiction

Queen File... absolute beauty

Queen File... absolute beauty

Lizard Fish - average size - a foot or so long - perched on its fins

Lizard Fish - average size - a foot or so long - perched on its fins

Tiny Treasure - spotted cleaner shrimp on carpet anenome

Tiny Treasure - spotted cleaner shrimp on carpet anenome

A closer look - such tiny beauty - grateful to enjoy it

A closer look - such tiny beauty - grateful to enjoy it

200th dive day for me - with my girlfriend, bride, love of over 43 years

200th dive day for me - with my girlfriend, bride, love of over 43 years

Us

Us

200th Dive - Mahalo - Aloha - Peace

200th Dive - Mahalo - Aloha - Peace

My 200th dive - with Walter, Master Diver

My 200th dive - with Walter, Master Diver

Jose, another great Master Diver

Jose, another great Master Diver

Diving is really a happy place for both of us

Diving is really a happy place for both of us

Vicki just gliding with her friend

Vicki just gliding with her friend

Like an underwater postage stamp - hawksbill

Like an underwater postage stamp - hawksbill

coral here - deep blue there - hawksbill in the middle

coral here - deep blue there - hawksbill in the middle

I swam hard around a corner to intercept this spotted eagle ray beauty

I swam hard around a corner to intercept this spotted eagle ray beauty

Spotted Eagle Ray - 3-4 feet wide - Beautiful, Graceful

Spotted Eagle Ray - 3-4 feet wide - Beautiful, Graceful

Graceful glider of the sea - spotted eagle ray

Graceful glider of the sea - spotted eagle ray

Bye bye

Bye bye

spotted eagle ray on his safari

spotted eagle ray on his safari

tiny treasure

tiny treasure

check out the eyes and "nostrils"

check out the eyes and "nostrils"

green moray

green moray

arrow crab - check out the blue mitts

arrow crab - check out the blue mitts

love the colorful tips on many anenomes

love the colorful tips on many anenomes

coral bed landscape

coral bed landscape

Another kind of tube worm

Another kind of tube worm

Blenny in his observation stance

Blenny in his observation stance

Blenny in coral

Blenny in coral

Conch Shell conversation up close (the "eye")

Conch Shell conversation up close (the "eye")

colorful hermit crab

colorful hermit crab

Quirky Hermit Crab - Always borrowing someone else's shell

Quirky Hermit Crab - Always borrowing someone else's shell

Suspicious looking hermit crab

Suspicious looking hermit crab

Supper??

Supper??

Beautiful Spotted Cucumber - seafloor cleaner

Beautiful Spotted Cucumber - seafloor cleaner

Kissy Kissy

Kissy Kissy

These just sort of float in the water - like a space ship

These just sort of float in the water - like a space ship

Where do the colors come from?

Where do the colors come from?

Spotted Cleaner Shrimp in Anemone home

Spotted Cleaner Shrimp in Anemone home

spotted cleaner shrimp

spotted cleaner shrimp

spotted anemone shrimp on the move

spotted anemone shrimp on the move

depth and color

depth and color

This spotted moray was fully exposed, peeking up from the reef

This spotted moray was fully exposed, peeking up from the reef

On the move

On the move

Love the fish friend (blue sergeant fish) visiting the eel

Love the fish friend (blue sergeant fish) visiting the eel

I'm sure these lobster faces inspire many "alien" movies

I'm sure these lobster faces inspire many "alien" movies

Ray and Sharon

Ray and Sharon

Ray and Sharon

Ray and Sharon

Just checking me out - hello Mr. Blenny

Just checking me out - hello Mr. Blenny

Peek a boo (blenny)

Peek a boo (blenny)

Love this Blenny's homestead

Love this Blenny's homestead

looking up for little, nearly microscopic, meals

looking up for little, nearly microscopic, meals

Pollo - I believe it was his last dive... gentle shepherd of the sea

Pollo - I believe it was his last dive... gentle shepherd of the sea

Rogue waves took Pollo home in a strange accident

Rogue waves took Pollo home in a strange accident

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Honeycomb Box Fish 10-12 inches
Honeycomb box fish - wonderful "kissy" view
tiny vacuum cleaner
Peacock Flounder
Peacock Flounders beautiful eyes and colors
Peacock Flounder... beautiful blue hues and spots
fellow diver capturing a huge Grouper
Huge, Old, Loggerhead Turtle - going down after gulping air at the top
Ancient Loggerhead - Pollo pointed him out in the Blue... hard swim to get close
Unidentified timid friend
Boxy
Deep colors on this Boxfish
Flamingo Tongue Sea Snail
Flamingo Tongue
Flamingo's love this tree-like coral
Flamingos remind me of Japanese art somehow
Flamingo Tongues: Always snuggled almost out of eyesight
More Flamingo Tongues - Sometimes 2 or 3 in a Flamingo Train
Rich colors
Always a prize, Flamingo Tongues
Midnight Parrot - Large
Scrawled File Fish
Beautiful Schools of French Grunts
So many lovely anemones
Somebody seems in the wrong neighborhood!
Honeycomb Cow Fish
Spotted Moray "I see you"
This guy, a Goby or Jawfish, small, peeks his head out to see what's up
Just taking a peek (jawfish)
Vicki - that's the blue beyond her. Deep. Beautiful.
Tube Worms, inside out, very small, beautiful
Yellow Christmas Tree
I really love trying to get texture pics from these coral displays
Screen Saver
Home Decor
The Bar Jacks (top) often befriend Rays
A small Ray with his buddy - a Bar Jack... symbiotic relationship
Small Ray buried in the sand... Eyes and gills exposed
Nurse Shark Portrait!
Nurse Shark
Nurse Shark Profile - note the cleaner fish passenger
Don't usually see a large Nurse like this fully exposed - pretty cool
Sting Ray and Bar Jack Buddies - love trying to capture these shots
Taking off in tandem
Tag Team!
These two were coming right at me, with Vicki close behind
As if in Flying Formation
Below the radar!
Queen Angel
Blending right into the sandy bottom, Peacock Flounder
Beautiful and tiny spotted cleaner shrimp
These cleaners love living in this "carpet anemone"
Check out the details... love the design
Translucent bodies... beautiful spots... intricate legs and feelers... cool
Small porcupine fish - the universe is in his eyes
A pair of regal Grey Angels
Arrow Crab
Banded Shrimp - like Jacque in Nemo
Stone Fish - incredible camouflage
Stone Fish - check out the antennae!
Peacock Flounder
Mr. Peacock... (flounder) both eyes on top - can you see the mouth?
Beautiful swim through... and swimmer through-er
Blenny... among my favorite subjects. Small, Tiny, Incredible
Blenny
Blenny
Blenny
See him? Stone Fish
Painted Elysia - so small - so vibrant
Stone fish mug shot
Barracuda! Up close and personal :)
An old Cuda... within a foot or so
Anemone - Living Animal Wonder
Cozumel Splendid Bearded Toadfish - only found in Cozumel
Cozumel Splendid
Amazing Creation - Cozumel Splendid Bearded Toadfish
Blenny Surprise
Blenny
Blenny
Ray and Jack - Fully exposed
Ray and Jack, exit stage left
Ray and Jack - off to the sunset
Ray and Jack - Floating in tandem
Nurse Shark (4 feet long) and Huge Grouper - Buddies
 Grouper and 4 foot Nurse Shark Friend… HUGE grouper
Mariano, Master Diver, Keeper of the Reef :)
Pollo. Friend. Master Diver. Lover of the Sea... with his Maker now
Pollo and friend
Debra capturing a cowabunga moment
Just Chillin'
Queen Angel
Trumpet Fish
Queen Filefish
Grey Angel
Coral texture
Splendid! Always hiding inside a coral and sand enclave
Juvenile Drumfish... tiny... darting back and forth in one small area
Drum fish
What a beauty - D rum Fish juvenile
Little Drum Fish
Drum Fish - constantly on the move
Crab Dinner?
Check out those chompers
IMG_8143.jpg
Painted Elysia - less than 1 inch, tiny wonderful sea slug
Painted Elysia - loves green grassy areas against white sand
Large, gentle Porcupine fish
I'm sure his mother thinks he's handsome - Green Moray
Large Green Moray - often in cover of coral shelfs and structure
Green Moray - Come on in
Green Moray - "breathing" through the mouth
Green Moray - Fins up
Small Golden Moray
Golden Moray
File Fish - Dorsal Extended a bit
Beautiful Cow Fish
Blenny
Painted Elysia getting lost in favorite green sea grass
Painted Elysia
Cuda
Cuda
Cuda - soooo close :)
Large lumbering porcupine fish
Queen File fish
Queen Angel
Green Moray
Honeycomb Boxfish
Honeycomb friends
Less frequently seen cowfish
Special treat to see this cowfish
Grey Angel Pair
Stunning Grey Angel
Friend enjoying the sea together
Turtle views
Lined up for the photo
Easy going
Relaxing together
And what do you seek, Grasshopper?
Lobster Face - stranger than fiction
Queen File... absolute beauty
Lizard Fish - average size - a foot or so long - perched on its fins
Tiny Treasure - spotted cleaner shrimp on carpet anenome
A closer look - such tiny beauty - grateful to enjoy it
200th dive day for me - with my girlfriend, bride, love of over 43 years
Us
200th Dive - Mahalo - Aloha - Peace
My 200th dive - with Walter, Master Diver
Jose, another great Master Diver
Diving is really a happy place for both of us
Vicki just gliding with her friend
Like an underwater postage stamp - hawksbill
coral here - deep blue there - hawksbill in the middle
I swam hard around a corner to intercept this spotted eagle ray beauty
Spotted Eagle Ray - 3-4 feet wide - Beautiful, Graceful
Graceful glider of the sea - spotted eagle ray
Bye bye
spotted eagle ray on his safari
tiny treasure
check out the eyes and "nostrils"
green moray
arrow crab - check out the blue mitts
love the colorful tips on many anenomes
coral bed landscape
Another kind of tube worm
Blenny in his observation stance
Blenny in coral
Conch Shell conversation up close (the "eye")
colorful hermit crab
Quirky Hermit Crab - Always borrowing someone else's shell
Suspicious looking hermit crab
Supper??
Beautiful Spotted Cucumber - seafloor cleaner
Kissy Kissy
These just sort of float in the water - like a space ship
Where do the colors come from?
Spotted Cleaner Shrimp in Anemone home
spotted cleaner shrimp
spotted anemone shrimp on the move
depth and color
This spotted moray was fully exposed, peeking up from the reef
On the move
Love the fish friend (blue sergeant fish) visiting the eel
I'm sure these lobster faces inspire many "alien" movies
Ray and Sharon
Ray and Sharon
Just checking me out - hello Mr. Blenny
Peek a boo (blenny)
Love this Blenny's homestead
looking up for little, nearly microscopic, meals
Pollo - I believe it was his last dive... gentle shepherd of the sea
Rogue waves took Pollo home in a strange accident
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