Monday, August 25, 2008

Here's an underwater video of squid on the manta ray night dive in Kona Hawaii. It was taken with a Canon G9 camera...



Bigfin Squid in Kona Hawaii from Steve on Vimeo.

Hi there, here's a short video clip I took on the night I got the underwater photos of the squid I've posted earlier. They change color almost constantly. They seem quite curious about the goings on of the night dive. I took a bunch of pictures in a few minutes time on that dive, and a few of them turned out, so I've got a bunch of color variations on the picture's you'll see on the blog.

I wish we could find these all the time on the night dive, they seem to be showing up more often as time passes, but for now it's really a special event for us.

Aloha,

Steve

7 comments:

  1. Beautiful! Squid are probably one of the most underappreciated of all sea creatures. Their communication skills by color changing and their intelligence fascinates me.

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  2. Anonymous4:52 PM

    Great video, Steve! I remember dissecting something like these squids back in middle school and discussing the causes for the color transitions. Nature is just amazing. =).

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  3. Anonymous3:49 AM

    Most interesting video and I had no idea how reflective and quick color changing they were.

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  4. Wow, you captured a very nice scene underwater. That's incredible!

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  5. I really enjoy reading your blog. I hadn't seen your videos before. I watched them all. Wonderful!

    Thanks for posting them.

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  6. Anonymous2:03 AM

    very cool pictures

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  7. Thanks everyone! I've got another clip or two of the squid that I'll be posting some day down the line.

    Aloha,

    Steve

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