Nature's music (video)

When I was little my father had a record of humpback whales sounds and I used to listen to it all the time. The "songs" of the whales was one of the most beautiful things I'd ever heard. Through this video, Andrew Stevenson doesn't simply allow us to hear their music, he gives us a chance to observe and "interact with" these majestic creatures in a way that most of us will never have the opportunity to experience.

"Underwater footage of a humpback whale fifteen miles off Bermuda. I had spent 300 hours over ten weeks trying to film the migrating humpbacks underwater. It was the end of April and I didn't have a minute of footage. And then I was in the water filming dolphins when this whale found me. The encounter was almost two hours long often within inches of the whale. It was also the first chance I had had to use my underwater housing and video camera. I had an overwhelming feeling that I was looking into the eyes of a very intelligent creature. It took me a week to sleep after the experience and a month to talk about the experience without becoming emotional. It is tragic that the Japanese whaling fleet is setting off this year to kill 50 endangered humpback whales, 50 fin whales and 935 minke whales in Antarctica in a whale sanctuary."

More of his footage is in an amazing and beautiful documentary called, Where The Whales Sing. It was captured by Andrew Stevenson, who started Humpback Whale Research Project, Bermuda in 2007 and, "The goal of the project is to broaden our knowledge of our oceans and these magnificent animals". If you have time visit the project's websites because there are more videos and incredible photographs there.

Peace, Light and Take Care!