{"id":78415,"date":"2025-08-18T22:52:38","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T21:52:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antilla-martinique.com\/?p=78415"},"modified":"2025-08-18T22:52:38","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T21:52:38","slug":"compass-sessaie-a-la-plongee-en-eaux-noires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antilla-martinique.com\/en\/compass-sessaie-a-la-plongee-en-eaux-noires\/","title":{"rendered":"Compass Tries Its Hand at Deep-Sea Diving"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"td-post-header td-container\">\n<div class=\"td-post-header-holder td-image-gradient\">\n<header class=\"td-post-title\">\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;color: #333333\">Cayman Compass<\/span><\/h1>\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;color: #333333\">By<\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"td-module-meta-info\">\n<div class=\"td-post-author-name\"><span dir=\"auto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.caymancompass.com\/author\/nconnolly\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Norma Connolly<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td-container\">\n<div class=\"td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"td-pb-span8 td-main-content\" role=\"main\">\n<div class=\"td-ss-main-content\">\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px\">La minuscule cr\u00e9ature, aux allures extraterrestres, se fond dans le faisceau lumineux de ma lampe torche, pulsant et brillant. Je la suis pendant plusieurs minutes, avant qu&rsquo;un autre objet tout aussi \u00e9trange n&rsquo;apparaisse et ne capte mon attention.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"td-post-content tagdiv-type\">\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">Pour planter le d\u00e9cor, je suis \u00e0 60 pieds sous l&rsquo;eau, \u00e0 environ un demi-mile au large, au large de la c\u00f4te sud-ouest de Grand Cayman, au milieu de la nuit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">Non, ce n&rsquo;est pas une sc\u00e8ne de \u00ab\u00a0The Abyss\u00a0\u00bb de James Cameron, m\u00eame si, de temps \u00e0 autre, on a un peu cette impression, car certaines des cr\u00e9atures incroyables qui apparaissent semblent tout bonnement inconnues. Je suis en pleine plong\u00e9e en eaux noires avec Don Foster&rsquo;s Dive.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">Moi et une poign\u00e9e de plongeurs, dont la gouverneure des \u00eeles Ca\u00efmans, Jane Owen, nous sommes partis dans l&rsquo;obscurit\u00e9, apr\u00e8s un briefing complet sur ce \u00e0 quoi nous attendre de la part de l&rsquo;instructeur de plong\u00e9e Nick Curtis.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"tdi_2\" class=\"td-gallery td-slide-on-2-columns\">\n<div class=\"post_td_gallery\">\n<div class=\"td-gallery-slide-top\">\n<div class=\"td-gallery-title\"><span dir=\"auto\">Une s\u00e9lection des cr\u00e9atures rep\u00e9r\u00e9es lors des plong\u00e9es en eaux noires de Don Foster<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"td-gallery-controls-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td-gallery-slide-count\"><span class=\"td-gallery-slide-item-focus\"><span dir=\"auto\">1<\/span><\/span><span dir=\"auto\"> sur 9<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"td-gallery-slide-prev-next-but\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td-doubleSlider-1\">\n<div class=\"td-slider\">\n<div class=\"td-slide-item td-item1\">\n<figure class=\"td-slide-galery-figure td-slide-popup-gallery\"><a class=\"slide-gallery-image-link\" title=\"Poisson-baleine Lindsey\" href=\"https:\/\/caymancompass.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Whalefish-Lindsey.jpg\" data-caption=\"Whalefish - Photo: Lindsey Curties\" data-description=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/caymancompass.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Whalefish-Lindsey-304x420.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"td-slide-caption td-gallery-slide-content\">\n<div class=\"td-gallery-slide-copywrite\"><span dir=\"auto\">Poisson-baleine &#8211; Photo\u00a0: Lindsey Curties<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td-slide-item td-item2\">\n<figure class=\"td-slide-galery-figure td-slide-popup-gallery\"><a class=\"slide-gallery-image-link\" title=\"V\u00e9lig\u00e8re (larve d&#039;escargot) Lindsey\" href=\"https:\/\/caymancompass.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Veliger-Snail-larva-Lindsey.jpg\" data-caption=\"Veliger (snail larva) - Photo: Lindsey Curtis \" data-description=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/caymancompass.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Veliger-Snail-larva-Lindsey-560x420.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"td-slide-caption td-gallery-slide-content\">\n<div class=\"td-gallery-slide-copywrite\"><span dir=\"auto\">Veliger (larve d&rsquo;escargot) &#8211; Photo : Lindsey Curtis<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td-slide-item td-item3\">\n<figure class=\"td-slide-galery-figure td-slide-popup-gallery\"><a class=\"slide-gallery-image-link\" title=\"Sergio, poisson-coffre\" href=\"https:\/\/caymancompass.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Trunkfish-Sergio.jpg\" data-caption=\"Juvenile trunkfish - Photo: Sergio Coni\" data-description=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/caymancompass.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Trunkfish-Sergio-610x420.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"td-slide-caption td-gallery-slide-content\">\n<div class=\"td-gallery-slide-copywrite\"><span dir=\"auto\">Poisson-coffre juv\u00e9nile &#8211; Photo\u00a0: Sergio Coni<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td-slide-item td-item4\">\n<figure class=\"td-slide-galery-figure td-slide-popup-gallery\"><a class=\"slide-gallery-image-link\" title=\"Lindsey la crevette\" href=\"https:\/\/caymancompass.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/shrimpy-Lindsey.jpg\" data-caption=\"Shrimp - Photo: Lindsey Curtis\" data-description=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/caymancompass.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/shrimpy-Lindsey-315x420.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"td-slide-caption td-gallery-slide-content\">\n<div class=\"td-gallery-slide-copywrite\"><span dir=\"auto\">Crevettes &#8211; Photo\u00a0: Lindsey Curtis<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td-slide-item td-item5\">\n<figure class=\"td-slide-galery-figure td-slide-popup-gallery\"><a class=\"slide-gallery-image-link\" title=\"Crevettes en salpe Lindsey\" href=\"https:\/\/caymancompass.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Shrimp-in-salp-Lindsey.jpg\" data-caption=\"A shrimp inside a salp - Photo: Lindsey Curtis\" data-description=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/caymancompass.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Shrimp-in-salp-Lindsey-560x420.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"td-slide-caption td-gallery-slide-content\">\n<div class=\"td-gallery-slide-copywrite\"><span dir=\"auto\">Une crevette dans une salpe &#8211; Photo\u00a0: Lindsey Curtis<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td-slide-item td-item6\">\n<figure class=\"td-slide-galery-figure td-slide-popup-gallery\"><a class=\"slide-gallery-image-link\" title=\"Hippocampe Sergio\" href=\"https:\/\/caymancompass.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Seahorse-Sergio.jpg\" data-caption=\"A junevile seahorse - Photo: Sergio Coni\" data-description=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/caymancompass.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Seahorse-Sergio-689x420.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"td-slide-caption td-gallery-slide-content\">\n<div class=\"td-gallery-slide-copywrite\"><span dir=\"auto\">Un hippocampe juv\u00e9nile &#8211; Photo : Sergio Coni<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td-slide-item td-item7\">\n<figure class=\"td-slide-galery-figure td-slide-popup-gallery\"><a class=\"slide-gallery-image-link\" title=\"Papillon de mer Sergio\" href=\"https:\/\/caymancompass.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Sea-butterfly-Sergio.jpg\" data-caption=\"Sea butterfly - Photo: Sergio Coni\" data-description=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/caymancompass.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Sea-butterfly-Sergio-831x420.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"td-slide-caption td-gallery-slide-content\">\n<div class=\"td-gallery-slide-copywrite\"><span dir=\"auto\">Papillon de mer &#8211; Photo : Sergio Coni<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td-slide-item td-item8\">\n<figure class=\"td-slide-galery-figure td-slide-popup-gallery\"><a class=\"slide-gallery-image-link\" title=\"Pyrosome\" href=\"https:\/\/caymancompass.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Pyrosome.jpg\" data-caption=\"Pyrosome - Photo: Lindsey Curtis\" data-description=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/caymancompass.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Pyrosome-560x420.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"td-slide-caption td-gallery-slide-content\">\n<div class=\"td-gallery-slide-copywrite\"><span dir=\"auto\">Pyrosome &#8211; Photo : Lindsey<br \/>\nCela peut para\u00eetre intimidant, m\u00eame pour les plongeurs exp\u00e9riment\u00e9s en plong\u00e9e de nuit, car vous n&rsquo;\u00eates pas pr\u00e8s d&rsquo;un r\u00e9cif pour vous rep\u00e9rer et vous \u00eates en pleine mer apr\u00e8s la tomb\u00e9e de la nuit<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"td-doubleSlider-1\">\n<div class=\"td-slider\">\n<div class=\"td-slide-item td-item9\">\n<figure class=\"td-slide-galery-figure td-slide-popup-gallery\"><a class=\"slide-gallery-image-link\" title=\"Nudibranche p\u00e9lagique Lindsey\" href=\"https:\/\/caymancompass.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Pelagic-nudibranch-Lindsey.jpg\" data-caption=\"Pelagic nudibranch - Photo: Lindsey Curtis\" data-description=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/caymancompass.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Pelagic-nudibranch-Lindsey-315x420.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"td-slide-caption td-gallery-slide-content\">\n<div class=\"td-gallery-slide-copywrite\"><span dir=\"auto\">Nudibranche p\u00e9lagique \u2013 Photo\u00a0: Lindsey Curtis<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td-doubleSlider-2\">\n<div class=\"td-slider\">\n<div class=\"td-button td-item1\">\n<div class=\"td-border\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td-button td-item2\">\n<div class=\"td-border\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px\">Mais , comme le souligne Curtis, c&rsquo;est une plong\u00e9e assez facile en r\u00e9alit\u00e9, il suffit de d\u00e9river, en suivant une ligne de trois lumi\u00e8res, suspendues \u00e0 diff\u00e9rentes profondeurs le long d&rsquo;une corde sous le bateau.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">Les lumi\u00e8res attirent certains des minuscules animaux marins, y compris les larves, qui se d\u00e9placent des profondeurs de la mer vers la surface pour se nourrir la nuit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">Un instant, vous plongez dans l&rsquo;oc\u00e9an d&rsquo;un bond g\u00e9ant depuis le bateau, et l&rsquo;instant d&rsquo;apr\u00e8s, vous \u00eates aux premi\u00e8res loges de la plus grande migration nocturne de la plan\u00e8te. On aurait pu inventer le mot \u00ab\u00a0g\u00e9nial\u00a0\u00bb pour \u00e7a.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span dir=\"auto\">&lsquo;Magique&rsquo;<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">La gouverneure Owen, qui participait \u00e0 sa premi\u00e8re plong\u00e9e de nuit depuis plusieurs ann\u00e9es, l\u2019a d\u00e9crite comme \u00ab une exp\u00e9rience extraordinaire et tr\u00e8s diff\u00e9rente d\u2019une plong\u00e9e sur un r\u00e9cif la nuit \u00bb.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">\u00ab C&rsquo;\u00e9tait magique de voir autant de petites cr\u00e9atures d\u00e9licates s&rsquo;\u00e9lever des profondeurs de l&rsquo;oc\u00e9an \u00e0 la lumi\u00e8re des torches, offrant un aper\u00e7u rare des merveilles cach\u00e9es de notre vie marine \u00bb, a-t-elle d\u00e9clar\u00e9, d\u00e9crivant la plong\u00e9e comme \u00ab un beau rappel de la riche biodiversit\u00e9 de nos eaux des Ca\u00efmans et de l&rsquo;importance cruciale de pr\u00e9server nos environnements oc\u00e9aniques.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">\u00ab Merci \u00e0 l&rsquo;\u00e9quipe de plong\u00e9e experte qui a permis \u00e0 chacun de se sentir en s\u00e9curit\u00e9 et qui nous a expliqu\u00e9 les poissons inhabituels que plusieurs d&rsquo;entre nous rencontrions pour la premi\u00e8re fois. \u00bb<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_773590\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-773590\"><a class=\"td-modal-image\" href=\"https:\/\/caymancompass.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Don-Fosters-blackwater-dive.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-773590\" src=\"https:\/\/caymancompass.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Don-Fosters-blackwater-dive.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1520\" height=\"1023\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-773590\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span dir=\"auto\">La gouverneure Jane Owen, troisi\u00e8me \u00e0 partir de la gauche, rejoint Norma Connolly, quatri\u00e8me \u00e0 partir de la gauche, et d&rsquo;autres plongeurs, ainsi que l&rsquo;\u00e9quipe de plong\u00e9e de Don Foster, dont Lindsey Curtis, agenouill\u00e9e devant, et Sergio Coni, \u00e0 sa droite, en noir, pour une plong\u00e9e en eaux noires. \u2013 Photo\u00a0: fournie<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">Inhabituel, c&rsquo;est vrai.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">Une cr\u00e9ature \u2013 dont j&rsquo;ignore toujours la nature \u2013 poss\u00e9dait une structure filigran\u00e9e et vitreuse qui semblait vibrer au gr\u00e9 de la lumi\u00e8re r\u00e9fl\u00e9chie par ma torche. Elle ne devait pas mesurer plus de deux centim\u00e8tres de long, mais elle \u00e9tait si complexe et fascinante que je l&rsquo;ai suivie pendant des si\u00e8cles, jusqu&rsquo;\u00e0 ce qu&rsquo;elle redescende \u00e0 une profondeur ind\u00e9termin\u00e9e.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">Garder un \u0153il sur sa profondeur est probablement la partie la plus difficile de la plong\u00e9e. On est tellement fascin\u00e9 par la cr\u00e9ature qu&rsquo;on observe, ou qu&rsquo;on photographie, qu&rsquo;on la suit, et soudain, on est \u00e0 30 m\u00e8tres de profondeur et son ordinateur de plong\u00e9e se met \u00e0 biper furieusement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">On nous en avertit lors du briefing d&rsquo;avant plong\u00e9e. Sur le bateau, en \u00e9coutant \u00e7a, on se dit : \u00ab \u00c9videmment, je vais surveiller ma profondeur \u00bb, mais oh non, quand un b\u00e9b\u00e9 calmar, tout brillant et aux yeux immenses, vous fait signe, vous allez probablement le suivre. Heureusement qu&rsquo;il y a les ordinateurs de plong\u00e9e et la pression auriculaire qui vous indique que vous allez plus profond.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span dir=\"auto\">Macrophotographie<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">Don Foster&rsquo;s Dive propose des plong\u00e9es en eaux noires depuis 2021, et leur fr\u00e9quence et leur popularit\u00e9 ne cessent de cro\u00eetre. Parmi les plongeurs r\u00e9guliers les plus enthousiastes qui participent \u00e0 ces plong\u00e9es figurent les photographes macro, de plus en plus nombreux aux \u00celes Ca\u00efmans.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">Parmi les plongeurs qui d\u00e9montent des appareils photo dans des bo\u00eetiers \u00e9tanches et de grandes lumi\u00e8res stroboscopiques se trouve le propri\u00e9taire de Don Foster&rsquo;s Dive, Sergio Coni, qui a \u00e9t\u00e9 inspir\u00e9 \u00e0 commencer \u00e0 g\u00e9rer les plong\u00e9es locales en eaux noires apr\u00e8s les avoir exp\u00e9riment\u00e9es aux Philippines en 2018.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"tdi_3\" class=\"td-gallery td-slide-on-2-columns\">\n<div class=\"post_td_gallery\">\n<div class=\"td-gallery-slide-top\">\n<div class=\"td-gallery-title\"><span dir=\"auto\">Une s\u00e9lection de photos des plong\u00e9es en eaux noires de Don Foster<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"td-gallery-controls-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td-gallery-slide-count\"><span class=\"td-gallery-slide-item-focus\"><span dir=\"auto\">1<\/span><\/span><span dir=\"auto\"> sur 8<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"td-gallery-slide-prev-next-but\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td-doubleSlider-1\">\n<div class=\"td-slider\">\n<div class=\"td-slide-item td-item1\">\n<figure class=\"td-slide-galery-figure td-slide-popup-gallery\"><a class=\"slide-gallery-image-link\" title=\"Larves de mur\u00e8ne Sergio\" href=\"https:\/\/caymancompass.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Moray-eel-larvae-Sergio.jpg\" data-caption=\"Moray eel larva - Photo: Sergio Coni\" data-description=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/caymancompass.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Moray-eel-larvae-Sergio-630x420.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"td-slide-caption td-gallery-slide-content\">\n<div class=\"td-gallery-slide-copywrite\"><span dir=\"auto\">Larve de mur\u00e8ne &#8211; Photo\u00a0: Sergio Coni<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td-slide-item td-item2\">\n<figure class=\"td-slide-galery-figure td-slide-popup-gallery\"><a class=\"slide-gallery-image-link\" title=\"Pieuvre \u00e0 long bras Sergio\" href=\"https:\/\/caymancompass.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Long-arm-octopus-Sergio.jpg\" data-caption=\"Long arm octopus - Photo: Sergio Coni\" data-description=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/caymancompass.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Long-arm-octopus-Sergio-647x420.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"td-slide-caption td-gallery-slide-content\">\n<div class=\"td-gallery-slide-copywrite\"><span dir=\"auto\">Pieuvre \u00e0 longs bras &#8211; Photo\u00a0: Sergio Coni<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td-slide-item td-item3\">\n<figure class=\"td-slide-galery-figure td-slide-popup-gallery\"><a class=\"slide-gallery-image-link\" title=\"m\u00e9duse Lindsey\" href=\"https:\/\/caymancompass.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/jellyfish-Lindsey.jpg\" data-caption=\"Jellyfish - Photo: Lindsay Curtis\" data-description=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/caymancompass.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/jellyfish-Lindsey-315x420.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"td-slide-caption td-gallery-slide-content\">\n<div class=\"td-gallery-slide-copywrite\"><span dir=\"auto\">M\u00e9duse &#8211; Photo\u00a0: Lindsay Curtis<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td-slide-item td-item4\">\n<figure class=\"td-slide-galery-figure td-slide-popup-gallery\"><a class=\"slide-gallery-image-link\" title=\"gel\u00e9e Lindsey\" href=\"https:\/\/caymancompass.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/jelly-Lindsey.jpg\" data-caption=\"Juvenile jellyfish - Photo: Lindsey Curtis\" data-description=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/caymancompass.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/jelly-Lindsey-307x420.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"td-slide-caption td-gallery-slide-content\">\n<div class=\"td-gallery-slide-copywrite\"><span dir=\"auto\">M\u00e9duse juv\u00e9nile &#8211; Photo\u00a0: Lindsey Curtis<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td-slide-item td-item5\">\n<figure class=\"td-slide-galery-figure td-slide-popup-gallery\"><a class=\"slide-gallery-image-link\" title=\"plie Lindsey\" href=\"https:\/\/caymancompass.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/flounder-Lindsey.jpg\" data-caption=\"Flounder - Photo: Lindsey Curtis\" data-description=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/caymancompass.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/flounder-Lindsey-488x420.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"td-slide-caption td-gallery-slide-content\">\n<div class=\"td-gallery-slide-copywrite\"><span dir=\"auto\">Flet &#8211; Photo\u00a0: Lindsey Curtis<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td-slide-item td-item6\">\n<figure class=\"td-slide-galery-figure td-slide-popup-gallery\"><a class=\"slide-gallery-image-link\" title=\"Brosme Sergio\" href=\"https:\/\/caymancompass.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cusk-eel-Sergio.jpg\" data-caption=\"Cusk eel - Photo: Sergio Coni\" data-description=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/caymancompass.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cusk-eel-Sergio-630x420.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"td-slide-caption td-gallery-slide-content\">\n<div class=\"td-gallery-slide-copywrite\"><span dir=\"auto\">Brosme &#8211; Photo\u00a0: Sergio Coni<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td-slide-item td-item7\">\n<figure class=\"td-slide-galery-figure td-slide-popup-gallery\"><a class=\"slide-gallery-image-link\" title=\"Labre basslet avec streamer Sergio\" href=\"https:\/\/caymancompass.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Basslet-wrasse-with-streamer-Sergio.jpg\" data-caption=\"Basslet wrasse with steamer - Photo: Sergio Coni\" data-description=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/caymancompass.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Basslet-wrasse-with-streamer-Sergio-630x420.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"td-slide-caption td-gallery-slide-content\">\n<div class=\"td-gallery-slide-copywrite\"><span dir=\"auto\">Labre basslet avec cuiseur vapeur &#8211; Photo\u00a0: Sergio Coni<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td-slide-item td-item8\">\n<figure class=\"td-slide-galery-figure td-slide-popup-gallery\"><a class=\"slide-gallery-image-link\" title=\"poisson-ruban Lindsey1\" href=\"https:\/\/caymancompass.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ribbonfish-Lindsey1.jpg\" data-caption=\"Ribbonfish - Photo: Lindsey Curtis\" data-description=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/caymancompass.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ribbonfish-Lindsey1-323x420.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"td-slide-caption td-gallery-slide-content\">\n<div class=\"td-gallery-slide-copywrite\"><span dir=\"auto\">Poisson-ruban &#8211; Photo\u00a0: Lindsey Curtis<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td-doubleSlider-2\">\n<div class=\"td-slider\">\n<div class=\"td-button td-item1\">\n<div class=\"td-border\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td-button td-item2\">\n<div class=\"td-border\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px\">\u00a0Lui et sa coll\u00e8gue Lindsey Curtis sont souvent les derniers \u00e0 sortir de l&rsquo;eau, continuant \u00e0 photographier ces minuscules cr\u00e9atures. Ils capturent des images de poissons miniatures, souvent translucides, d&rsquo;anguilles, d&rsquo;hippocampes ou, notamment lors d&rsquo;une r\u00e9cente plong\u00e9e, d&rsquo;une larve de baleine, qui a suscit\u00e9 un vif int\u00e9r\u00eat sur le groupe Facebook auquel participent des plongeurs en eaux noires et des scientifiques du monde entier.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">\u00ab Lindsey est un v\u00e9ritable aimant pour ces choses-l\u00e0 \u00bb, a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 Coni. \u00ab Elle a vraiment l&rsquo;\u0153il pour d\u00e9nicher ces cr\u00e9atures \u00e9tranges et \u00e9tonnantes. \u00bb<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">Elle a rep\u00e9r\u00e9 et photographi\u00e9 la larve de poisson-baleine, qui \u00e9tait grande selon les normes de plong\u00e9e en eau noire, mesurant environ 6 pouces de long.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">\u00ab C&rsquo;\u00e9tait quelque chose que nous n&rsquo;avions jamais vu auparavant. \u2026 Cela a fait sensation sur le groupe Facebook \u00bb, a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 Coni.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span dir=\"auto\">Faire passer le message<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">Depuis 2021, Don Foster a emmen\u00e9 des plongeurs dans 116 plong\u00e9es en eaux noires.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">La plong\u00e9e en eaux noires aux \u00celes Ca\u00efmans se r\u00e9pand, non seulement localement, mais aussi parmi les plongeurs \u00e9trangers, a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 Coni. L&rsquo;int\u00e9r\u00eat de la communaut\u00e9 scientifique et de la macrophotographie sous-marine internationale a \u00e9t\u00e9 suscit\u00e9 en 2021 lorsqu&rsquo;un groupe de photographes renomm\u00e9s s&rsquo;est rendu aux \u00celes Ca\u00efmans pour l&rsquo;accompagner dans ses plong\u00e9es en eaux noires.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">Ce groupe, ainsi que d&rsquo;autres membres de la communaut\u00e9 des plongeurs en eaux noires, travaillaient avec le Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History pour cr\u00e9er des banques d&rsquo;images montrant les poissons au stade larvaire en mer et pour aider \u00e0 constituer une base d&rsquo;\u00e9chantillons \u00e0 partir desquels l&rsquo;ADN peut \u00eatre extrait.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">Coni a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 qu&rsquo;il pensait que les centaines de photos de cr\u00e9atures que lui, son \u00e9quipe et d&rsquo;autres photographes ont prises sous l&rsquo;eau lors des plong\u00e9es en eaux noires n&rsquo;ont fait qu&rsquo;effleurer la surface de ce qui peut \u00eatre trouv\u00e9 et observ\u00e9 l\u00e0-bas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">\u00ab Nous ne savons pas ce qui se passe chaque nuit \u00bb, a-t-il d\u00e9clar\u00e9. \u00ab Nous avons beaucoup \u00e0 d\u00e9couvrir. \u00bb<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">Pour en savoir plus sur la plong\u00e9e en eaux noires, visitez <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.donfosters.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span dir=\"auto\">donfosters.com<\/span><\/a><span dir=\"auto\"> .<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cayman Compass Par Norma Connolly La minuscule cr\u00e9ature, aux allures extraterrestres, se fond dans le faisceau lumineux de ma lampe torche, pulsant et brillant. Je la suis pendant plusieurs minutes, avant qu&rsquo;un autre objet tout aussi \u00e9trange n&rsquo;apparaisse et ne capte mon attention. Pour planter le d\u00e9cor, je suis \u00e0 60 pieds sous l&rsquo;eau, \u00e0<\/p>","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":78417,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":"","rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_robots":null,"rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":""},"categories":[1373],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-caraibe"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/antilla-martinique.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/antilla-martinique.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/antilla-martinique.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antilla-martinique.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antilla-martinique.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78415"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/antilla-martinique.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78415\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antilla-martinique.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/antilla-martinique.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antilla-martinique.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antilla-martinique.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}