Category: Nature
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Photographer captures giant waves from beneath
Photographer Mark Tipple has an interesting project called “The Underwater Project“, in which he captures photographs of swimmers diving deep in order to survive passing waves. Via PetaPixel.
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Kayaker ‘hunting’ humpback whales off Kona, Hawaii
Only to film them with his GoPro camera (or similar). And boy, are those clips marvellous. Humpback Whales in Kona – 1-30-12 from HYPR Nalu Hawaii on Vimeo.
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Killer Whales migrating north with the receding ice, causing havoc
Orcas have until now been prevented from moving into the Arctic regions because of their large dorsal fins impeding passage in and around sea ice. But with the ice melting, they range also northward, decimating populations of marine mammals and threatening the Inuit’s food supply. In the most gory way, killing for sport on occasion…
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Close encounter with a humpback whale
Kayaking about 1.5 miles off the coast of Maui, these people saw and heard many whales, before a large male humpback whale popped up for a breath about 30 feet away and swam a circle around them. Camerawork is a bit dodgy, as the camera man decided to take in the moment, rather than think…
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Papa Shillingi – a short documentary about whale sharks
Kenyan documentary Papa Shillingi was awarded the prestigious Golden Sea Star at 10. International Underwater Film Festival in Düsseldorf recently. Produced by Volker Bassen together with Katrin Ender, entirely shoot in Diani Beach, Kenya. “We wanted the film to promote Kenya as a unique tourist destination. There are no other countries in the world where…
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These seals have been watching too much sci-fi
The underwater sounds made by Antarctic seals are otherworldly, via The Daily What.
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Wanna swim with a 5.5 meter long crocodile ?
His name is Chopper and he lives in the Crocosaurus Cove in Darwin, Australia. They have this thing called the Cage of Death, which is a flimsy looking plexiglass enclosure inside the crocodile’s pool (or ‘territory’, as some would call it) that you (and/or the crocodile?) can dive into, to get a real close look…
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Dolphin plays with plastic bag, shame on us
Underwater photographer Paul Johnson witnessed how spinner dolphin’s play with large bag turned near-deadly, read Ynet. Reminds me of this video Rise Above Plastic – Plastic Kills! from Surfrider Foundation on Vimeo.
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Behold, a Faroese meteorological tsunami
This is footage from Sørvágur in the Faroe Island on January 18th, 2012, the same day as those storm photos you might remember. It is called a meteotsunami or meteorological tsunami, and is a wave phenomenon of meteorological origin, where traveling air pressure disturbances (in this case a huge atmospheric low pressure) generate barotropic ocean…