Category: Nature
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Google I/O 2013 – Dive Into Underwater Street View
30+ minutes of geekdom, bear with me Google and Catlin Seaview Survey‘s Richard Vevers have partnered together to bring the first ever underwater street view imagery to Google Maps. Learn how Catlin Seaview Survey has built a special camera to collect this spectacular surround imagery.
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Mine-seeking Navy dolphins discover rare 19th century torpedo
Read LA Times Two trained dolphins surprise Navy specialists with their find: a Howell torpedo, state-of-the-art for its day in the late 19th century. It’s only the second one known to exist. […] “Dolphins naturally possess the most sophisticated sonar known to man,” Braden Duryee, an official at the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center…
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Google Maps the Oceans for Underwater Street View, and You can Help
We’ve mentioned the Catlin Seaview Survey before, where underwater footage is recorded for scientists and the rest of us to enjoy and use, in order to assess the state of coral reefs over time. They have been using a pretty high-tech 360-degree panoramic camera called the Catlin Seaview SVII, but with smart phone camera capabilities…
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Freediver Kimi Werner swims with Great White Shark
“Patagonia ambassador Kimi Werner strives to find her place in the ecosystem. She treads the line between predator and prey – eventually discovering balance in an unlikely place.”
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Natural Pools – Natural Pool selfbuild
“Swimming in natural water is a delight to our sences. Your skin and hair feels soft and your eyes don’t sting. It seems as if, every cell in your body is telling you – this is the way swimming should be.” – David Pagan Butler, www.organicpools.co.uk
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Awesome footage as 20 orcas chase and play in the wake of a speeding boat
Rich & Laura Howard were celebrating their 20th Wedding Anniversary with a diving trip in La Paz, Mexico, when a pod of about 20 killer whales decided to chase their boat. Via 7News
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Terrifying washed-up sea creature turns out to be a Killer Whale
See Nothing To Do With Arbroath A large animal carcass that washed up on a Bay of Plenty beach left some locals wondering if they’d come across the remains of a prehistoric animal. The carcass was discovered by a group of quad bikers on a beach about 5km east of Pukehina Beach, New Zealand. The…
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Night Diving with Manta Rays
“Manta rays are one of nature’s most graceful and eerie animals. In Episode 2 of UnderH2O, we go underwater off the Kona Coast of the Big Island of Hawaii — in the dark of night — to film these enormous creatures.” – Not sure, but I think that sound is added ;-)