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February 7, 2012
The tales of the Arctic Tern and the Sea Grapes
Last fall we showed you a great file from the people at Encyclopedia of Life that tracked Bluefin Tuna across the Atlantic. They're back with a few new files that show how a type of sea algae (known as "sea grapes") and Arctic Terns travel across the world as part of their annual migrations.
Ari Daniel Shapiro has worked with others, including Marie Studer and Eduardo Garcia Milagros, to put together some remarkable new tours. Ari's background is in radio, so the audio narrative on the tours is excellent. Combine that with the images, video and Google Earth content and you've got a very engrossing and educational result.
The tours are available below, both in KMZ format and also as embedded YouTube videos for you to enjoy:
Sea Grapes Tour | KMZ
Arctic Tern Tour | KMZ
For more, you can view all of their tours on the Encyclopedia of Life site.
Posted by mickmel at February 7, 2012 7:44 AM
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Posted by: Todd at February 7, 2012 9:07 PM
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This is some pretty remarkable footage. Google Earth is an interesting program, probably 99% of people never use it but the 1% that do absolutely live by it!