PIPA Seamount Fly-Through (long version)
RT= 1:50. The Phoenix Islands Protected Area (PIPA) is the largest Marine Protected Area in the world. It's the size of the state of California. More than 99% of the ocean habitat in PIPA is pelagic, where a vast array of invertebrates live and drift around. One dozen seamounts are within PIPA boundaries, from sea level to 5000 meters depth. Most are unexplored.
PIPA Web: http://www.phoenixislands.org/pipa.html
Fly-through video by Greg Brost and Peter Etnoyer using Google Earth 5.0. Text by Greg Stone, Conservation International. Visualization funded by Schmidt Ocean Institute.