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The hunt for "Chimera Monstrosa"



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Old 8th November 2007, 22:58   #1 (permalink)
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The hunt for "Chimera Monstrosa"

Yesterday night we were some divers from Bergen out diving, we should try get som HD-film of the pale ghost shark, "Chimera Monstrosa"

It seems like we got a good film.

Thanks to -h for the filming and editing!

Links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_shark
http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Havmus (norwegian info)
http://www.diving-in-norway.com/foru...cseen.html#new

The Movie:
http://opheim.com/diving/ghostshark.mov
(HD Video compressed using Sorenson 3 Quicktime compression at 1200kbps)
(Video size ~35MB, duration 3m 53s)

Enjoy it!

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Old 9th November 2007, 01:42   #2 (permalink)
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Re: The hunt for "Chimera Monstrosa"

We see these frequently in the Pacific NW, at least in Washington and Alaska.

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Thanks for the link! That looks like a really cute fish

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Re: The hunt for "Chimera Monstrosa"

Awesome video! Have some green

Also, would it be OK for me to link this post in wetpixel (u/w video forum), as I beleive that some members over there would like to see it? Let me know.
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