Great Reef tropics Captured from 5000 feet

Captured from 5000 feet

all I could do was watch

Heart Reef is quite small and is situated in the midst of a large enclosed reef

film: Fuji Velvia 100F

A rare photograph of Barron Falls captured from the air at near full flow

Great Reef tropics Captured from 5000 feetHook and Hardy reefs. I spent four hours flying around Hardy Reef in the Whitsundays, choosing this reef because of the dramatic channel that separates the two reefs. The channel is 600 feet (200 meters) wide and 360 feet (120 meters) deep, from the shallow coral to the ocean bed. I spent the better part of a day flying in a plane at around 5000 feet. I was tightly strapped in with the door off, confronting the noise, engine fumes, and freezing cold.