Today I'm going to share a couple of things I do during those trips. I'm always collecting pictures and videos from our Shark divers, both for our photo database and a trip video. Our database identifies the sharks, by looking at the transition from the grey to the white, which is like a fingerprint and different for each shark. So far we have identified over 120 different individuals, some of which we have seen every single year for the past 10 years. If we have a new shark that hasn't been identified, the photographer whose picture we use to identify it, gets to name the Shark. How cool is that?
I compile pictures and videos for a slide show/video and burn it onto a DVD for each Shark Diver to take home. The following is an example from last season!
Cheers,
Martin Graf
Dive Operations Manager
Shark Diver/Horizon
Isla Guadalupe, Mexico
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2 comments:
This was our trip! Best time ever. I watch this video from time to time and wish I was back at Isla Guadalupe. Martin is a secret Steven Spielberg! I hope to be able to come on another trip soon...
Thanks Bev!
I hope you can make it back!
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