The Kenting National Park Administration in a joint project with the Taiwan Ocean Research Institute (TORI) has installed three cameras under sea level to provide live footage of the coral reefs around Kenting (墾丁) releasing their sperm and eggs.
The event is often compared to starlit night skies under the sea.
Park administration office director Liu Pei-tung (劉培東) said that seeing the spread of the free-floating cloud of sperm and eggs in real-time is always different from seeing photographs of the event.
Photo: Tsai Tsung-hsien, Taipei Times
The TORI began direct transmission of video footage of the Kenting coral reefs earlier this week, the office said, adding that if the equipment’s test results are positive the institute would also consider live broadcasts from different areas.
The project is to continue until May 27.
Senior diving instructor Tsai Yung-chun (蔡永春) said that he made a dive last month to monitor the temperature and other factors to gauge whether the coral reefs would release their eggs and sperm earlier.
So far only the acropora corals and the galaxy corals show some signs of individual releases, Tsai said, adding that he estimated there would be a higher chance of an en masse coordinated release after today.
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