Wetpixel member Nick Hope of Bubble Vision has released his film “Mucky Secrets - The Marine Creatures of the Lembeh Straits” as a DVD. Running to 92 minutes, the film offers lots of information about the Straits, its marine biology and the many weird critters that reside there.

It is available now at $24.95 (plus shipping).

Press release

Mucky Secrets - The Marine Creatures of the Lembeh Straits

At the heart of the Coral Triangle, Indonesia’s Lembeh Strait is renowned for it’s huge diversity and concentration of marine life. This special stretch of water is home to an astonishing array of weird and wonderful aquatic creatures.

In a practice known as “muck diving”, explorers seek out exotic marine animals amongst the fine sediment and discarded trash on the seabed.

In the full 92-minute documentary, after the prologue, I reveal the secrets behind the Lembeh Strait’s critters, exploring the marine biology of dozens of species. We encounter corals, stingrays, unusual sharks, eels, shrimps, crabs, octopus, cuttlefish, sea snails, sea slugs and of course a huge variety of tropical fish.

Learn about the clever strategies such as camouflage, mimicry and symbiosis that these animals depend on in their ongoing struggle for survival on the seabed.

Mucky Secrets is a fine resource for scuba divers, aquarists, students of marine biology, or anyone who is fascinated by the mysterious life that inhabits the underwater world.

Besides the main feature, the DVD contains a 4-minute prologue video without narration, and my earlier film, Diving the Lembeh Strait, as a bonus feature.

DVD Features

• Interactive menus - Choose scenes and subtitles.
  *n Scene selection - Jump straight to 20 themed chapters.
• Switchable subtitles.
• English narration.
• English common and scientific names.
• Dolby Digital soundtrack - Informative narration with musical backing track..
• Running time: 1 hour 55 minutes..
• Prologue video without narration: 4 minutes.
• Bonus feature: Diving the Lembeh Strait. 19 minutes.
• NTSC format and region-free for international playback..
• Aspect ratio: 16:9 widescreen.

The DVD is priced at $24.95 plus shipping charges.