Yesterday we saw some blue holes on land with Glenda who is on the board of Friends of the Environment. Today with the fishing guide we saw blue holes in the water in the flats area. In the Friends of the Environment office we met with the ED Kristen and heard about some of their projects and mission. This is good stuff! We also met Nancy Albury (works for Bahamas National Museum) who researched the Sawmill blue hole of Abaco with Wes Skiles (diver extraordinaire from High Springs who died last fall diving in the ocean for National Geographic ). The August 2010 National Geographic had a great article of their work in it so pick it up and give it the once over. Wes took most if not all the photos of the project. Nancy showed us fossilized animal and human bones-- from land tortoises and land crocodiles now extinct. Lucayan bones were also found-- this was the original native to the islands. And this was fascinating to see the skulls that are flattened out due to a board being strapped to the forehead, but they are not sure why yet. It could be for aesthetic reasons or for protection, more research will be done to clarify this. She is wanting to continue this work as well as conduct it in Eleuthera and possibly other places. It was a great day to hear about and see all this wonderful stuff.
VTT BQ
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