Spawning Bristleworm Movie

[jamesw]

Hi Folks,

Here is a quicktime movie of the MASS CORAL SPAWN at the Flower Garden Banks:

http://www.reefpix.org/coralspawn/movies/DSCN3059.MOV

The file is about 1.5 megs, so be prepared for the download - but it's worth it!

You can see a couple of different polychaete spawns. They are the "little wormy things" that are corkscrewing all over the place.

Enjoy!
James Wiseman

 

[monkeyboy]

Whoa, that's pretty wild James, thanks for sharing.

Where are the Flower Garden Banks?

 

[EmilyB]

Yo ! That was over so quickly...

 

[Leo C 2]

No Kiddin
Thanks for the flick
What a mess though, hope that never happens in my tank.
Leo

 

[jamesw]

You think that was a mess eh - well you weren't the one that was swimmin' in it! I got those suckers in my wetsuit!

Every year, 8 days after the full moon in August/September, the corals spawn at the Flower Garden Banks ~100 miles off of the coast of Texas. It is an amazing event and one I felt very lucky to be a part of. Eric Borneman and Larry Jackson were there as well - but they were diving air and I was diving Nitrox - so I got to see more spawning...

The movie is so short because I didn't want to fill up my memory card and not have room for some still photos.

Still photos are here:

www.reefpix.org

Cheers
James Wiseman

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[Leo C 2]

Gatta say thats going to any lenghs to get a shot, hows that rash anyway? ha ha
and I thought I surf in some preaty funky stuff.
Thanks the the photoes.
Leo