Elusive Moon
One of my Dive Masters, whom will remain nameless (Cindy), and I went on a discovery trip to the Florida Spring System. She is an avid Moon person and especially loves full moons. We were doing a night dive at Vortex Springs near Ponce DeLeon and went in to the water at dusk and had been down approximately 30 minutes and the scenery was spectacular. We looked over the edge of a cliff and could see about 10 to 15 divers about 20ft below us, lights blazing. It looked like a scene from "The Abyss". She tapped me on the shoulder and pointed to the surface where a big bright 'moon' had 'risen'. We continued the dive until we were low on air and proceeded to the surface. We made our exit and got out of our gear. She went on and on about the full moon under the water and glanced skyward to locate it. I knew from previous dives there, what she had seen ,but, didn't want to spoil it for her. She couldn't find the moon anywhere on this cloudless night. When she looked at me for an explanation, I nodded to the big streetlight on a pole over the spring and proceeded to laugh my a** off. A resounding punch on the arm and a string of expletives burst forth from the mouth of this 'lady' that would make sailor blush. A threat of extreme bodily harm if I ever told anyone of this incident was also expressed as eloquently. She is as gifted a Dive Master as there is, and a great help to me as well as a good friend. Well, she will be until she sees this on the website.