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Big Blue LiveBehind the Scenes

Get some great shots on what's been going on behind the scenes of Big Blue Live.

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Cameraman and helicopter camera line up a live shot.

Photo by Anne Gallagher

  • Fatfin the lone male Orca roaming Monterey Bay.
  • Cameramen James and Jonny capturing all the action from the Fulmar.
  • Steve and Doris Welch being briefed by Producer Vanessa Coates for the final show.
  • A humpback about to dive.
  • Close up of a humpback tail after lunge-feeding
  • A flock of hundreds of Common Mur passes in front of the Fulmar.
  • A Mola or Sunfish passes cameraman Jonny Rogers.
  • Resembling a big floating blob, the sunfish, or mola, is the world's largest bony fish.
  • A humpback has a good look at the cameras as it passes the boat.
  • Steve looking forward to his dive at Lobos Rocks
  • Steve Backshall gets a closer look at his dive site
  • Steve gets ready for a piece to camera on the Fulmar with Lobos Rocks in the background
  • Steve's full face mask allows him to present whilst underwater
  • Steve Backshall gets ready for his dive with the sea lions.
  • Cameraman and helicopter camera line up a live shot.
  • Cameraman Johnny Rogers surfaces followed by inquisitive sea lions
  • Steve on board the Fulmar
  • A Humpback fly past.
  • Pole Cam
  • Fluke!
  • How many whales can you see?
  • Producer Peter Bassett and cameraman Scott Tibbles in the Sea of Cortez
  • Cameraman Scott Tibbles spots a humpback whale in the Sea of Cortez
  • Cameraman Scott Tibbles gets a close view of a humpback whale in the Sea of Cortez
  • Humpback whale fluke around Monterey Bay, California taken during the production team recce, February 2015
  • Long lens with a shower-cap on the end to protect it from water, Point Lobos, California, May 2015
  • California sea lions, Big Blue Live recce, March 2015
  • Sea otter, Monterey Bay, Big Blue Live recce, March 2015
  • Three sea otters, Monterey Bay, Big Blue Live recce, March 2015
  • Tom Payne and Will Goldenberg filming sick sea lions at Pacific Marine Mammal Center, Laguna Beach, California
  • Presenter Steve Backshall and cameraman Simon Enderby in their wetsuits ready to dive in Monterey Bay, California
  • Camerawoman Sue Gibson resembles the bionic woman with her stabilizing rig, as producer Vanessa Coates looks on
  • Dive supervisor Scott Carnahan checks out a mysterious glow in the water beneath the boat
  • Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and the production team pick a nice spot for filming in Monterey, California
  • Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and Producer Joanne Stevens admire a passing humpback whale in Monterey Bay, California
  • A curious rescued sea lion pup looks into the camera
  • Monitor for the drone pilot with boat in vision
  • Drone and pilot Manolo Mendieta
  • Drone shot of humpback calf and mother playing in foreground with production boat in background.
  • Pelagic red crab, or ‘lobster krill’ (Pleuroncodes planipes) fill the water in the gulf of California. Great whale food.
  • Pelagic red crab held by Mark Carwardine

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  • Big Blue Live

    A stunning live spectacle as Earth's biggest animals arrive in Monterey Bay, California.

    BBC One

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