Results tagged “scuba” on Earth Touch Blog
The week’s most viewed stories Jun 6 2008
The most popular stories on Earth-Touch in the past week (from Friday 30 May to Thursday 05 June 2008) were:
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Dolphins appear out of the blue
Out in the bay where the waves break, a pod of these marine mammals emerges from deeper water.
The week’s most viewed stories May 30 2008
The most popular stories on Earth-Touch in the past week (from Friday 23 May to Thursday 29 May 2008) were:
Number 1
Dolphins appear out of the blue
Out in the bay where the waves break, a pod of these marine mammals emerges from deeper water.
Snorkelling with great white sharks Apr 7 2008
Scuba diving in clean, cold water at Struisbaai, on South Africa’s Western Cape coast, the Earth-Touch crew were enjoying watching some lively fish activity.
Tags: africa, fish, great white, marine, ocean, scuba, shark, snorkel, south africa, struisbaai, western capeDid you know? Turtles Feb 12 2008
Turtles are one of only three groups of reptiles that live in the sea. The others are sea snakes and marine iguanas.
Tags: beach, dive, egg, endangered, indian ocean, kwazulu-natal, loggerhead turtle, marine iguana, reef, reptile, scuba, sea, sea snake, south africa, turtle, underwaterTouchy subjects Jan 29 2008
Sodwana Bay in summer means one thing for me: ragged-tooth sharks in clear blue water. In mid to late summer, females settle on some of the Maputaland reefs for their gestation period.
They are among my favourite subjects, but it’s not without difficulty that we get decent footage of their behaviour. During this gestation period, the animals go into self-preservation mode and are very shy and difficult to approach. When we dive on scuba they flee to the edge of our visibility.
Tags: aliwal shoal, cave, dive, freedive, gestation, kwazulu-natal, maputaland reef, ragged-tooth shark, scuba, sodwana, south africa, swimForging new frontiers to film in Mozambique Dec 10 2007
We’ve just relocated to southern Mozambique off the south-east coast of Africa for early summer, to meet the sharks, turtles, dolphins and blue water that all move into this area at this time of the year.
The lack of infrastructure in this area, crooked port captain and bad roads are offset by the opportunity to film on relatively pristine reefs, some of which that have had no SCUBA impact at all. I guess this is the trade-off for working in difficult places!
Tags: boulders, devil firefish, eel, emperor snapper, fish basket, g-spot, geometric moray eel, leopard moray eel, mozambique, reef, rockcod, scorpionfish, scuba, zebra sharkAt ease with sea creatures Oct 16 2007
One of the fantastic things you can experience working underwater with a camera, holding your breath, is a feeling of affinity with other big creatures in the sea.
Wildlife news from around the world
Kelp not gone after all Oct 2 2007
Researchers have found forests of a kelp species that was thought to be endangered or extinct.
The team, led by San Jose University and the University of California, Santa Barbara, used a mathematical model to pinpoint places where the kelp, Eisenia galapagensis, was likely to be found.
Tags: galapagos island, kelp, plant, san jose university, scuba, sea, south africa, south america, threatened, university of california, santa barbaraOut on a limb … Aug 23 2007
By Graeme Duane, field crew
This is a photo of the way we film sharks at Earth-Touch. As you can see there’s not much in it, no cage, no SCUBA and no bait.
So the shark gets to do pretty much what it wants, and the diver just has to concentrate on not looking too delectable. Seriously, though, we are cautious and careful and this is actually a very controlled situation.
Tags: bait, cape town, dyer island, great white shark, human, scuba, south africa, western capePage 1 of 1 pages
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