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| A happy team makes it safely on to Cyrene! Photo by Ria. |
Just a few steps into our trip and Chay Hoon found a baby Cushion sea star!
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| With very short arms, it's hard to believe this is a sea star. Photo by Kok Sheng. |
Sadly, as we move deeper into the reefs, we noticed lots of coral bleaching. Even though dark clouds have gathered over us, we press on with our exploration.
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| Bleaching hard and soft corals stand out starkly on the shore. Photo by Ria. |
And we did see some interesting creatures!
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| The shell of a recently dead heart urchin! Our first encounter on Cyrene! Photo by Ria. |
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| Of course we get an overdose of Knobbly sea stars. Photo by Kok Sheng. |
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| Chay Hoon spots this intriguing sea star that we have yet to identify. Photo by Chay Hoon. |
Tsen Yang found the Fluted giant clam that we have been looking for over several trips! Yay!
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| The Giant clam finally found! Photo by Kok Sheng. |
The weather turned evil towards the end of our walk and we hurried off Cyrene in high waves.
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| Photo by Ria. |
During the trip, we also launched the new "I've Been to Cyrene" badge! Mei Lin says it's the 'pre-dawn' version! Indeed, this badge features one part of the 'industrial triangle' around Cyrene: our world-class container terminals and the city skyline during our dawn trip a few weeks ago. With the spectacular Pentaceraster sea star (Pentaceraster mammilatus) that was first recorded for Singapore from Cyrene Reef! It also features this Cyrene Reef Exposed blog.
It was a productive trip with good finds (especially the Clam) and we hope URA had an enjoyable trip too!
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