Scuba Within Amazing Foliage! (Pic Heavy)

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We met with a couple, who live around Lake Willoughby, Vermont during the peak of the changing leaves. The rock sided mountains with a mass array of colors was beyond the perfect backdrop for a cold dive.
I recently ramped up my PADI certs to include Adv OW, Nitrox, and Dry suit.

Needless to say, the dry suit cert came in very handy! 56* at surface. We hit 60' and no thermal so, not bad. The scenery made this one day trek phenomenal!

 

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That is pretty cool

 

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[Hem]

See anything cool down below?

 

[EastTNHunter]

See anything cool down below?

X2

 

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I'm trying to learn how to pull some of the typical green out of the underwater videos. Seems common w/o light for green to be a main color underwater. Heh. Fun messing with Shotcut (Free video editor). Hopefully I'll have something to share in the next couple days.

It was a blast diving though I'm still learning the use of the dry suit mechanics while my dive partner is a guru 1,000+ dive master(?). A good dive buddy to have - Haha!

We found a very old Budweiser can that was in great shape! I wish we had a mesh bag to carry it with us... similar to this style:

A Rapala lure with rusted off hooks and some other odds and ends. We wandered through a high walled alley of rocks that had a cavern within though we didn't explore the cavern, nor have I learned the skills for such. It was limited clarity, maybe 15'-20'(?). It's supposed to be one of the clearest lakes in VT however, we believe the recent rains mucked up the water a bit from run off. Outside of that, no fish or land locked atlantic salmon that I was surprised to learn live in the lake, well, we did see one minnow/ shiner.

Hopefully I'll have a video before too long.

 

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Here's the video put together with the snippets we had. I need an updated underwater camera vs the GoPro (Dinosaur version). However, it works and still, not too bad. If you ever have a chance, A specific two week time frame, the foliage is absolutely amazing!

 

[Howie]

Here's the video put together with the snippets we had. I need an updated underwater camera vs the GoPro (Dinosaur version). However, it works and still, not too bad. If you ever have a chance, A specific two week time frame, the foliage is absolutely amazing!

Sweet vis brother.