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  • Surfer Raimana Van Bastolaer riding a large wave in Teahupoo, Tahiti.
  • A ship out at sea with ominous grey skies off the coast of Iceland: .
  • Waves crashing against the bow of a ship near Astoria, Oregon.
  • A wave crashing through a rusted ship hull on shore near Punta Arenas, Chile.
  • A Rattail Fish (aka Grenadier) swims along the ocean floor.
  • Crates on cargo ship.
  • CGI IMAGE: These currents are part of a system called the Global Conveyor belt. The blue water represents the cold water that is being cycled at deep depths, the red is the warmer water that sits more towards the surface. It is one of the large current systems that circulates water around the planet, affecting weather, tides, storms and climate.
  • CGI IMAGE: Teahupoo creates a unique wave because the reef rises suddenly and sharply out of a very deep ocean. The inertia of the wave hits that wall and it shoots the water and energy it's been carrying straight up, creating a high and very dense wave. Adding to it it's only about three feet from the top of the water to the reef below once the wave gets moving.
  • Scientist Kakani Katija conducts further experiments in the Liquid Jungle Lab with special lasers, cameras, and software that tracks the exact movement that jellyfish create through the water.
  • CGI IMAGE: An oil rig in the North Sea with a wave measuring laser attached to it's base. During a storm, the laser was able to give us the first account of a rogue wave (in this instance it was 75 ft high while the other large waves around it were between 20 and 30 feet.)
  • In the Liquid Jungle Lab, Kakani Katija performs similar controlled experiments using a laser to illuminate a jellyfish's movement through the water.
  • Kakani Katija and Jack Costello analyze the jellyfish they collected during their dive that morning for further testing back in the Liquid Jungle Lab.
  • Waves at the Cape of Good Hope.
  • Kakani Katija collecting salp in jars to use in laboratory tests.
  • Waves crashing at Teahupoo, Tahiti.
  • Sunset at Teahupoo, Tahiti.
  • Raimana Van Bastolaer riding a wave in Tahiti.
  • Meteorologist Jean Pierre Arabonis standing on the shore in Cape Town, South Africa.
  • Dr. Bob Ballard with the NGT crew before being their helicopter ride to a Columbia River container ship.
  • Captain Dan Jordan on board a Columbia River Bar Pilot boat.
  • Waves crashing off the coast at Teahupoo, Tahiti.
  • Dr. Bob Ballard being lowered out of a helicopter onto a container ship in the Columbia River.
  • Waves at the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa.
  • The Cyclone roller coaster at Coney Island, NY.
  • A surfer in a barrel of wave.

  • Surfing a Big Wave

    Photograph by National Geographic Television

    Surfer Raimana Van Bastolaer riding a large wave in Teahupoo, Tahiti.

  • Ominous Skies

    Photograph by National Geographic Television

    A ship out at sea with ominous grey skies off the coast of Iceland: .

  • Crashing Through Waves

    Photograph by Kory Snider/ Ocean Footage

    Waves crashing against the bow of a ship near Astoria, Oregon.

  • Rusted Ship Hull

    Photograph by National Geographic Television

    A wave crashing through a rusted ship hull on shore near Punta Arenas, Chile.

  • Rattail Fish

    Photograph by NOAA/ Webb Pinner

    A Rattail Fish (aka Grenadier) swims along the ocean floor.

  • Cargo Ship

    Photograph by National Geographic Television

    Crates on cargo ship.

  • Global Conveyor Belt

    Photograph by National Geographic Television

    CGI IMAGE: These currents are part of a system called the Global Conveyor belt. The blue water represents the cold water that is being cycled at deep depths, the red is the warmer water that sits more towards the surface. It is one of the large current systems that circulates water around the planet, affecting weather, tides, storms and climate.

  • Unique Wave

    Photograph by National Geographic Television

    CGI IMAGE: Teahupoo creates a unique wave because the reef rises suddenly and sharply out of a very deep ocean. The inertia of the wave hits that wall and it shoots the water and energy it's been carrying straight up, creating a high and very dense wave. Adding to it it's only about three feet from the top of the water to the reef below once the wave gets moving.

  • Scientist Kakani Katija

    Photograph by National Geographic Television

    Scientist Kakani Katija conducts further experiments in the Liquid Jungle Lab with special lasers, cameras, and software that tracks the exact movement that jellyfish create through the water.

  • Wave Measuring Laser

    Photograph by National Geographic Television

    CGI IMAGE: An oil rig in the North Sea with a wave measuring laser attached to it's base. During a storm, the laser was able to give us the first account of a rogue wave (in this instance it was 75 ft high while the other large waves around it were between 20 and 30 feet.)

  • Illuminating Jellyfish Movements

    Photograph by National Geographic Television

    In the Liquid Jungle Lab, Kakani Katija performs similar controlled experiments using a laser to illuminate a jellyfish's movement through the water.

  • Studying Jellyfish

    Photograph by National Geographic Television

    Kakani Katija and Jack Costello analyze the jellyfish they collected during their dive that morning for further testing back in the Liquid Jungle Lab.

  • The Cape of Good Hope

    Photograph by National Geographic Television

    Waves at the Cape of Good Hope.

  • Collecting Salp

    Photograph by National Geographic Television

    Kakani Katija collecting salp in jars to use in laboratory tests.

  • Waves Crashing

    Photograph by National Geographic Television

    Waves crashing at Teahupoo, Tahiti.

  • Sunset at Teahupoo

    Photograph by National Geographic Television

    Sunset at Teahupoo, Tahiti.

  • Riding a Wave

    Photograph by National Geographic Television

    Raimana Van Bastolaer riding a wave in Tahiti.

  • Jean Pierre Arabonis

    Photograph by National Geographic Television

    Meteorologist Jean Pierre Arabonis standing on the shore in Cape Town, South Africa.

  • Helicopter Ride

    Photograph by National Geographic Television

    Dr. Bob Ballard with the NGT crew before being their helicopter ride to a Columbia River container ship.

  • Captain Jordan

    Photograph by National Geographic Television

    Captain Dan Jordan on board a Columbia River Bar Pilot boat.

  • Off the Coast of Tahiti

    Photograph by National Geographic Television

    Waves crashing off the coast at Teahupoo, Tahiti.

  • Air Dropped on the Columbia River

    Photograph by National Geographic Television

    Dr. Bob Ballard being lowered out of a helicopter onto a container ship in the Columbia River.

  • Waves at the Cape of Good Hope

    Photograph by National Geographic Television

    Waves at the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa.

  • The Cyclone

    Photograph by National Geographic Television

    The Cyclone roller coaster at Coney Island, NY. 

  • In the Barrel

    Photograph by National Geographic Television

    A surfer in a barrel of wave. 

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