Red Tide Causes Bioluminescent Ocean

Red tide in Cardiff, California causes bioluminescence ocean waves. There were no color enhancements made to this video. In real life, the color is a bit more green. Filmed by Franz Krachtus, Sept. 2011

Upon many requests, here is the equipment used info:

Nikon D7000

Nikon 70-200 F2.8 Lens

Kata DR467i Camera Backpack (very crucial because nothing falls out into the sand)
http://www.kata-bags.com/

PNY Optima Memory Cards (the lock enables constantly when inserting--not sure if that is a Nikon thing but my other cards don't do that)
http://www3.pny.com

iPhone 4 as a flashlight and to text people how cool this event is.

Third Rail Mobility Powercase (to keep my iPhone juiced up)
http://www.thirdrailmobility.com

Cleverwraps to keep the sand and water out of my iphone.
http://www.cleverwraps.com/

Bogen tripod with fluid head to pan smoothly across.
http://www.bogen.com/

Cobian Sandals to get from the rocky shore to the beach. (I had a bad foot injury and they really help me walk)
http://cobianusa.com/

Caffe latte I made right before with beans from West Coast Roasting Company. (I had a huge project due that night and without the extra boost I would not have been able to stay that long)
http://www.wcrcompany.com/

Adobe Lightroom (that was mainly used for the photographs

Apple Mac & Quicktime for compressing and uploading the video

A big thanks to all those companies who make these great products that make my life either easier or more fun!

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[tipsy3T]

damn dude you made bank from a 10 sec. clip.

[Almir Torres]

It's Plankton and his Cousins trying to steal the krabby patty formula.

[NuclearXmas]

Hey, the waves at our local beach were glowing green. Anyone know why that is? My aunt says it's because of phosphorous.

[Liliana Velazquez]

fishing in the red tide is amazing i experienced it in Santa Barbara :D

[Weiszcracker]

Wow wow

[fableboy10]

Wow...just...wow.

[AmazingStuffNo3]

I think ... I don't understand for this Video....:)

[Anthony Russo]

i don't blame the million views. when i started looking at similar videos i wondered how they didn't get more than 150,000. This is just amazing stuff. i wish i could experience it myself.