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What Scuba Divers Do on Easter

 

MIT Glass Lab
A Day in the Life: Judi Freeman
The Lost Sock - Lonely Laundromat
Todd Farm Antique Show and Flea Market

 

Photo of crabs on the sea floor with the overlaid title 'What Scuba Divers Do On Easter' Photograph of Marissa Wozniak and Kat Apse, the two scuba instructors-in-training, hurrying around the shop, throwing their gear into bags and grabbing spare parts in case anyone needs to replace a piece of equipment at the site. Photograph of scuba instructor Cal Barry assembling all of his gear and helping one of his former students check his regulator for leaks. Photograph of divers tumbling out of their respective vehicles and staring at the steel-gray water. Photograph of Kat almost done gearing up. Photograph of assistant scuba instructor Dan Wagner carrying the heavy dive flag and the Easter eggs. Photograph of Dan entering the water with the dive flag and Easter eggs. Photograph of Marissa, Kat, and Dan walking out of the water after depositing the eggs. Photograph of Cal gearing up to get in the water and find the eggs. Photograph of everyone preparing to go diving. Photograph of the group wading into the water and setting off in sets of two to three people each. Photograph of Dan floating at the surface, waiting to descend for the second time that day. Photograph of other divers, the ones willing to brave the cold, waiting at the surface to descend. Photograph of Dan underwater; his image is blurred by the poor visibility. Photograph of two dive buddies. Photograph of a small starfish on a piece of seaweed. Photograph of a horseshoe crab ignoring them as it scuttles across the sand. Photograph of the divers playing with a lobster. Photograph of a diver showing off his Easter egg prize. Photograph of Marissa and Kat, freezing after their dive. Photograph of a diver underwater. As they eat, the divers swap stories about what they saw underwater.