The marine life of Thailand and Burma. Learn more and buy the "Reef Life of the Andaman" DVD at http://www.bubblevision.com/marine-life-DVD.htm

Part 1 of "Reef Life of the Andaman", an in-depth study of the marine life of Thailand and Burma (Myanmar), filmed over more than 1000 scuba dives beneath the Andaman Sea at 55 dive sites in the Similan Islands, Phuket, the Phi Phi Islands, Hin Daeng/Hin Muang, the Mergui Archipelago and the Burma Banks.

This first episode features a glimpse of the coastal and fishing communities of Thailand and Burma, then we venture underwater to learn about the marine life such as corals, sea anemones and crinoids (feather stars) that colonise the marine landscape.

The full narration is available as subtitles by turning on the closed captions (CC). There are also closed captions available showing scientific and common names of the marine species in English, German or Dutch, along with dive site names. Please get in touch with me if you would like to help translate the marine life names other languages.

"Reef Life of the Andaman" will be serialised weekly on YouTube for about 6 months. Please subscribe to my channel to receive notifications of new episodes as I release them. The series will feature descriptions of 213 different marine species including more than 100 tropical fish, along with sharks, rays, moray eels, crabs, lobsters, shrimps, sea slugs, cuttlefish, squid, octopus, turtles, sea snakes, starfish, sea cucumbers, corals, worms etc..

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The video was shot by Nick Hope with a Sony VX1000 DV camera in a Gates housing. It was edited in Sony Vegas Pro then deinterlaced with QTGMC and upscaled to 720p HD in AviSynth.

Thanks to Robert Royle for the clip of scuba divers jumping into the water, shot from underwater. Thanks to Erik Verkoyen for "Prickly Shark", used during the opening titles. Thanks to Frank Nelissen for the Dutch subtitles.