Slow Life

Incredible video by Daniel Stoupin showing the corals and sponges of the Great Barrier Reef. Apparentyly took 150,000 still shots to make. Definitely view full screen HD. Truly breathtaking. And Save the Great Barrier Reef. [NOTE: Go here for a detailed explantation of how this amazing clip was made; music: Atmostra III by Cedric Baravaglio, Jonathan Ochmann and Zdravko Djordjevic].

Whales

On one of my stop-overs in Cairns, Australia on the way to PNG (See Palms of Kikori, PNG), I took a boat out to the Great Barrier Reef to have a look at the coral and sea life.  During the trip out to the reef, a humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) breached the water several times and started slapping it's massive flukes on the ocean surface.  I managed to get my video camera out in time.