Off of Key Largo, a large bronze statue of Christ with His arms upraised stands in 33 feet of water the middle of a coral grotto in the Dry Rocks reef. As you can see, corals have begun to grow on the statue. I was lucky enough to snap this pic just as the sun came out from behind a cloud and lit the statue's face.

This was taken in 2003 and I want to go back and do the dive again with my new underwater 7.3 Megapixel camera and see what other corals have decided to plant themselves on the statue.

Unfortunately, the number of divers and snorkers who frequent the site has put stress on the corals immediately surrounding the statue. However, the reef that is on the outside of the grotto is healthy and is home to a wide variety of sealife. I think I counted at least 25 different species of fish including black groupers, barracuda, butterfly fish, parrot fish of various distinctions, angelfish, blue tangs, goatfish, stonefish, silversides and more.