Tag: Diving

Epic footage of 700 sharks feeding at night at Fakarava, French Polynesia
This half-hour documentary about the Gombessa IV expedition to Fakarava is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. It features what is likely the most exciting hunting-shark video ever captured, and also will give you a glimpse into the sort of dedication that is required to get it. I watched it by playing it on my iPhone and using AirPlay to mirror to ...

Lynne’s pipefish (Festucalex rufus): finally!
Yesterday, Richard Smith posted a picture of a pipefish in the Solomon Islands—the same species I photographed there in a tunicate / sponge bundle back in 2007. After I returned from the trip, I posted the picture on Wetpixel (thread) and asked for a species ID, but no ID could be found. Richard writes that the pipefish ...