Here's a short video describing the immense Great Barrier Reef in Australia, including fantastic aerial views of the reef and some of the islands, and beautifully-shot underwater clips of the corals, reefs and animal life while scuba diving. Of course, there's the required (and true) warning about the impact that global warming and climate change is having on the reef, notably the bleaching of the corals due to rising water temperature. I've become rather cynical as almost all nature/animal videos now have a requisite dire warning - but if you can get past that, this is a remarkably gorgeous video...

12/05/08 by visitEarth
Tags: Great Barrier Reef, Australia, reef, coral, global warming, climate change, scuba, diving