I can't believe no-one's commented on this yet! It's one of the most beautiful things i've ever seen! I would love to see all of this in real life, it must be an incredible experience.
BTW, for the interested viewers, there is also a TV series (consisting of three parts) called "Water Colours" and produced by "Liquid Motion Film" for National Geographic, the third part of which is titled "A Touch Of Fluorescence", which also contains some unheard-of and stunning footage of underwater fluorescence (even in the deep sea!). Just enter "Liquid Motion Film Water Colours" into your preferred search engine and you'll find it immediately.
@David Borgelt: This video has not been made with ultraviolet ("blacklight") but with blue light. @Paul James Cowie: This is generated music from Pinnacle Studio HD Ultimate 15.
Fantastic video guys.... Came here from the Wired article link. Just wondering: whose is the music that makes up the amazing piano soundtrack in the background?
FLUORESCENCE: Biofluorescent Night Dive - Dahab/Red Sea (Egypt), Masbat Bay/Mashraba, "Roman Rock" The first written testimony of the phenomenon of fluorescence dates back to 1565 when the Spanish physician Nicolás Monardes described a medicine known to the Aztecs for renal ailments, a solution made out of the bark of a certain rare tree, called "lignum nephriticum" (Latin for "Kidney wood"). The pigment from the tree bark responsible for the fluorescent effect is called "Matlalin" from the Aztec word "matlali" for "blue". In 1852 Sir George Gabriel Stokes coined the term "fluorescence" (after the mineral "fluorite", just as the effect of "phosphorescence" is named after the element "phosphor"). In 1927 Mr. Charles ES Phillips discovered that marine organisms (anemones in his case) could fluoresce. In 1955 a fluorescent pigment later called "Green Fluorescent Protein" (GFP) was discovered in the jellyfish "Aequorea victoria". In 2008 Osamu Shimomura, Martin Chalfie and Roger Tsien were awarded the Nobel prize in chemistry for the discovery of GFP. GFP and its derivatives are nowadys a crucial element in medicine, biology, and research. And the story continues. Fluorescence has been found to serve as a way to communicate under water for certain species ("Red fluorescence in reef fish: A novel signalling mechanism?", www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6785/8/16/abstract). Fluorescence can be used to assess the health of coral reefs (see e.g. "Effects of cold stress and heat stress on coral fluorescence in reef-building corals", www.nature.com/srep/2013/130312/srep01421/full/srep01421.html) and can be used in reef protection measures to monitor their effectiveness. Or you can simply enjoy the fantastic images of underwater fluorescence, as shown in the video below.
@hockeycrazy165: As said before, this video was made using high-power BLUE lights, with special filters. See our website for more info on the technology used. You'll find the link at the end of the description of this video (click on "Show more" above).
Click on "Show more" above and go to the end of this video's description for links to our website and our Facebook page for more information about fluorescence-diving and the science behind it, as well as about the necessary equipment.
I can't believe no-one's commented on this yet! It's one of the most beautiful things i've ever seen! I would love to see all of this in real life, it must be an incredible experience.
BTW, for the interested viewers, there is also a TV series (consisting of three parts) called "Water Colours" and produced by "Liquid Motion Film" for National Geographic, the third part of which is titled "A Touch Of Fluorescence", which also contains some unheard-of and stunning footage of underwater fluorescence (even in the deep sea!). Just enter "Liquid Motion Film Water Colours" into your preferred search engine and you'll find it immediately.
Прекрасное видео !
Coral Fluorescence / Fluorescent Corals - The Glowing Corals of the Dark - UV Diving Koh Tao
Amazing World :)
Amazing!!!!
@David Borgelt: This video has not been made with ultraviolet ("blacklight") but with blue light.
@Paul James Cowie: This is generated music from Pinnacle Studio HD Ultimate 15.
@3x10E8: In case you meant "Pandora" from the movie "Avatar", then yes, definitely!
Maybe this is indeed where James Cameron got his inspiration from.
Fantastic video guys.... Came here from the Wired article link. Just wondering: whose is the music that makes up the amazing piano soundtrack in the background?
FLUORESCENCE:
Biofluorescent Night Dive - Dahab/Red Sea (Egypt), Masbat Bay/Mashraba, "Roman Rock"
The first written testimony of the phenomenon of fluorescence dates back to 1565 when the Spanish physician Nicolás Monardes described a medicine known to the Aztecs for renal ailments, a solution made out of the bark of a certain rare tree, called "lignum nephriticum" (Latin for "Kidney wood").
The pigment from the tree bark responsible for the fluorescent effect is called "Matlalin" from the Aztec word "matlali" for "blue".
In 1852 Sir George Gabriel Stokes coined the term "fluorescence" (after the mineral "fluorite", just as the effect of "phosphorescence" is named after the element "phosphor").
In 1927 Mr. Charles ES Phillips discovered that marine organisms (anemones in his case) could fluoresce.
In 1955 a fluorescent pigment later called "Green Fluorescent Protein" (GFP) was discovered in the jellyfish "Aequorea victoria".
In 2008 Osamu Shimomura, Martin Chalfie and Roger Tsien were awarded the Nobel prize in chemistry for the discovery of GFP.
GFP and its derivatives are nowadys a crucial element in medicine, biology, and research.
And the story continues.
Fluorescence has been found to serve as a way to communicate under water for certain species ("Red fluorescence in reef fish: A novel signalling mechanism?", www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6785/8/16/abstract).
Fluorescence can be used to assess the health of coral reefs (see e.g. "Effects of cold stress and heat stress on coral fluorescence in reef-building corals", www.nature.com/srep/2013/130312/srep01421/full/srep01421.html) and can be used in reef protection measures to monitor their effectiveness.
Or you can simply enjoy the fantastic images of underwater fluorescence, as shown in the video below.
It's Pandora underwater!
Incredible :)
i believe that's just a underwater blacklight
I'm pretty sure they meant Pandora re: Avatar the Movie
sweet is that a high power uv light being used?
WOW.
@hockeycrazy165: As said before, this video was made using high-power BLUE lights, with special filters. See our website for more info on the technology used. You'll find the link at the end of the description of this video (click on "Show more" above).
Click on "Show more" above and go to the end of this video's description for links to our website and our Facebook page for more information about fluorescence-diving and the science behind it, as well as about the necessary equipment.