Category: Nature
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Octopus steals camera while it’s still recording
Interesting, that is pretty much exactly what my nightmares look like Via Buzzfeed
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Arizona S.C.A.R. Swim Challenge 2012
An open water swim adventure of Saguaro, Canyon, Apache and Roosevelt lakes in the beautiful desert canyons on the Lower Salt River spanning more than 40 miles. The first three lakes were from dam to dam. The last swim at Roosevelt lake was a 10k under the stars and finishing beneath the iconic Roosevelt Bridge.…
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How to Swim with Turtles
“Occasionally we scuba divers have the opportunity to observe these amazing creatures up close. There are protocols and do’s and don’ts.” How to Swim with Turtles from New York Video Service on Vimeo.
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Swimming with elephants
“Hanging out at the pool in Jongomero, Ruaha National Park, Tanzania. A Bull Elephant decided to come over for a drink from the pool, while we were in it.” Swimming with Elephants from Dave Warfield on Vimeo.
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Swimming underground
An international crew of six astronauts are training for a caving adventure designed to prepare them for spaceflight. There are many similarities to spaceflight such as a lack of day–night cycle, sensory deprivation, minimal hygiene and the necessity to work as a team and solve problems together. After a week of training they entered the…
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Help oceanographers comb the ocean floor online
A new interactive website called Seafloor Explorer needs the public’s help to identify objects and seascapes in a few million underwater photos. The project is starting with 100,000 images, but there are more than 40 million in all. The photos come from the HabCam group, an underwater habitat-mapping project at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Via POPSCI
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Behold a nuclear bomb exploding under water
According to Pat Bradley, one of the cameramen who documented US atomic tests during the 1950s, the Wahoo and Umbrella underwater explosions were more amazing than a atmospheric nuclear explosion. Watch this stunning video and listen to him explaining his experience of living these explosions just 2.5 miles away. Read Gizmodo
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Swimmers warned to stay away from Stinky the sexually harassing dolphin
It is a scene you never saw in an episode of Flipper but swimmers are being warned not to approach an over amorous male dolphin who’s been sexually bothering snorkellers, swimmers and scuba divers in the waters off Grand Cayman, in the Caribbean. Read more here on the Mirror Videographer Michael Maes was filming when…