{"id":3468,"date":"2017-07-19T07:06:18","date_gmt":"2017-07-19T07:06:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.asiadivers.com\/cnt\/?p=3468"},"modified":"2022-11-30T04:56:36","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T04:56:36","slug":"verde-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiadivers.com\/cnt\/blog\/verde-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Verde Island"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Verde Island Passage Marine Corridor (VIP) is famously known as \u201cthe center of the center of marine biodiversity\u201d. It is the proverbial heart of the Coral Triangle, the apex of aquatic life on Earth. The Passage\u2019s 900,000 square-kilometer area is home to 60% of the world\u2019s known shorefish species, and even as much has yet to be explored in its waters.<\/p>\n<p>Asia Divers\/El Galleon is lucky to have this amazing diving right on our doorstep!<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.asiadivers.com\/cnt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/jul17c1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3469\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.asiadivers.com\/cnt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/jul17c1-300x212.jpg\" alt=\"jul17c1\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Good morning Verdi Island!! What a stunning early morning photo by <strong>Beth Watson<\/strong>. She shot this one with her drone in the wee early hours of the morning.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.asiadivers.com\/cnt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/jul17c2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3470\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.asiadivers.com\/cnt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/jul17c2-300x176.jpg\" alt=\"jul17c2\" width=\"300\" height=\"176\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Speaking of Verde Island\u2026look what <strong>Alli<\/strong> and her group bumped into this morning on the pinnacle.\u00a0 Yes, a lovely whale\u00a0 shark spend a good few minutes with us just resting in the current while we were all racing around and getting out of breath. Check out the video: <a href=\"https:\/\/web.facebook.com\/andy.xie.5836\/videos\/958153520993355\/\">https:\/\/web.facebook.com\/andy.xie.5836\/videos\/958153520993355\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.asiadivers.com\/cnt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/jul17c3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3471\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.asiadivers.com\/cnt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/jul17c3-300x173.jpg\" alt=\"jul17c3\" width=\"300\" height=\"173\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A very happy group of divers today!<strong> Remily Middaugh, Shiyuan, Qin Zhen, Alli, David Potter <\/strong>and<strong> Joe Ashworth-Martin <\/strong>giving the \u201cW\u201d for WHALE SHARK signal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Verde Island Passage Marine Corridor (VIP) is famously known as \u201cthe center of the center of marine biodiversity\u201d. 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