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[Orlowski] The idea is to take one tripod and one camera
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Chasing Coral

The idea is to take one tripodand one camera, and get as many shots as we canin as many...

[Orlowski] The idea is to take one tripod
and one camera, and get as many shots as we can
in as many positions of as many pieces of coral as we can,
and to repeat that every single day

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[Orlowski] The idea is to take one tripod and one camera,
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and get as many shots as we can in as many positions
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of as many pieces of coral as we can, and to repeat that every single day.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
15
Timestamp in Movie
00:55:25
Uploaded
Oct 30, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Sustainable Films,Exposure Labs,Argent Pictures,Code Blue Foundation,EarthSense Foundation,Kendeda Fund, The

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Movie Summary

Coral reefs around the world are vanishing at an unprecedented rate. A team of divers, photographers and scientists set out on a thrilling ocean adventure to discover why and to reveal the underwater mystery to the world.
[Rago] Get on the boat at 9:15, go out to your first site. - Chasing Coral 00:06
[Rago] Get on the boat at 9:15, go out to your first site.
You would find your markings for the tripod, - Chasing Coral 00:14
You would find your markings for the tripod,
And then you would take two minutes of footage, - Chasing Coral 00:08
And then you would take two minutes of footage,
The reason we built the time-lapse systems was it seemed absurd - Chasing Coral 00:12
The reason we built the time-lapse systems was it seemed abs...
Getting it in the right position, and you're fighting the current, - Chasing Coral 00:12
Getting it in the right position, and you're fighting t...
[Vevers] We were getting reports that the corals in New Caledonia - Chasing Coral 00:08
[Vevers] We were getting reports that the corals in New Cal...
[Ackerman] Richard was there, he said, "It's the craziest thing I've ever seen. - Chasing Coral 00:05
[Ackerman] Richard was there, he said, "It's the ...
I don't know what it is." - Chasing Coral 00:05
I don't know what it is."
They're producing a chemical sunscreen to protect themselves from the heat. - Chasing Coral 00:07
They're producing a chemical sunscreen to protect thems...
This is the most beautiful transformation in nature. - Chasing Coral 00:06
This is the most beautiful transformation in nature.
It's the corals saying: - Chasing Coral 00:05
It's the corals saying:
[dance music playing over speakers] - Chasing Coral 00:07
[dance music playing over speakers]
Like, that whole thought just became much more depressing. - Chasing Coral 00:05
Like, that whole thought just became much more depressing.
This is one of the rarest events in nature happening... - Chasing Coral 00:07
This is one of the rarest events in nature happening...
And you can't blame them for it. I mean, it's... It's just... - Chasing Coral 00:05
And you can't blame them for it. I mean, it's... I...
Almost typical of all of humanity. - Chasing Coral 00:05
Almost typical of all of humanity.
[Rago] We designed something originally - Chasing Coral 00:07
[Rago] We designed something originally
And when we began doing this manually at Lizard Island... - Chasing Coral 00:05
And when we began doing this manually at Lizard Island...
And to sit there for a month, - Chasing Coral 00:10
And to sit there for a month,
And some days, when you go back, - Chasing Coral 00:08
And some days, when you go back,