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Underneath the High Island A-389 gas rig located within the boundaries of the Flower Gardens National Marine Sanctuary, southof the Texas/Louisiana border. Restrictions on cleaning the rig inside the sanctuary have allowed a unique ecosystem to evolve on the structure since the 1980s. Filmed 8/16/09. Click here for a playlist of my videos from the Flower Gardens: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=AB1E20E39C7407FC
Footage from this video can be seen in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill documentary "Toxic Gulf" on VBS.tv at http://www.vbs.tv/watch/toxic/toxic-gulf-full-length
Very cool video. I knew the Texas coast had coral (even if's mostly found on artificial reefs or tiny salt mounds).
jm5390 2 years ago