Underwater Archive Library, Maldives (Part II)

Mark has just returned from Six Senses, Laamu Atoll out in the Maldives where he was capturing the coral bleaching event which is now sadly underway.

During his stay Mark filmed the following footage:

  • Bleached coral reef (fixed position lapse time shots to go alongside pre-bleaching shots captured in February + tracking shots of widespread bleached area)

  • Juvenile Picasso Triggerfish (sequence material)

  • Manta Rays

  • Octopus hunting (sequence material)

  • Turtles (Hawksbill and Green)

emily@sharmancam.co.uk +44(0)7876 694477 for details.

Click here to view the NOAA coral reef watch bleaching heat stress maps and alert levels in the Maldives.

Maldives bleaching alert levels issued 29 April 2024

The Maldives corals bleached in 1998 and 2016 and are bleaching again now.

Underwater Archive Library, Maldives (Part I)

Mark and his family have just returned from eight weeks in the Maldives where they were hosted by Six Senses, Laamu Atoll

During his stay Mark filmed the following footage:

  • Coral reef (establishing shots, fixed position lapse time shots, spawning at full moon)

  • Uninhabited tropical island (aerials from drone)

  • Seagrass meadow (including juveniles inhabitants and aerials from drone)

  • Turtles (Hawksbill and Green)

  • Manta Rays (including ultra-sound scanning)

  • Sharks

  • Dolphins

  • Clark’s anemone fish colony

Please contact mark@sharmancam.co.uk and / or emily@sharmancam.co.uk for further details should you have any footage requests.

Mark was also filming for the The Maldives Underwater Initiative (MUI) a team made up of resort marine biologists and three partners, the Manta Trust, Blue Marine Foundation and the Olive Ridley Project. The MUI team pursues marine conservation goals, through research, guest education and community outreach, with the overarching aim of protecting Laamu’s natural resources.

The MUI team are based at the Sea Hub of Environmental Learning in Laamu (SHELL) which is a multi-use space, designed for education and immersive marine conservation experiences - in time, Mark’s footage will make up a set of short films which will document the MUI team’s latest projects.