{"id":581,"date":"2008-09-22T22:37:59","date_gmt":"2008-09-23T02:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=581"},"modified":"2008-09-29T21:11:56","modified_gmt":"2008-09-30T01:11:56","slug":"behind-the-scenes-best-dune-emergence-sequence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=581","title":{"rendered":"Behind the Scenes: Best Dune Emergence Sequence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Stepping behind the scenes, we see how skill and luck and patience were aided by technology to produce the best documented dune emergence sequence.\u00c2\u00a0 The Pentax Optio W30 enabled us to get within inches of the action as tiny hatchling poked through the sand and then scrambled down slope like Olympian skiers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/dune-emergence-011-tj-reports.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-582\" title=\"dune-emergence-011-tj-reports\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/dune-emergence-011-tj-reports.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/dune-emergence-011-tj-reports.jpg 840w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/dune-emergence-011-tj-reports-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><strong><em>Pentax Option W30 Documents Hatchling Emergence<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Their very first view of the world after more than two months buried under the sand is\u00c2\u00a0hampered by the blindingly bright high noon sun.\u00c2\u00a0 They pause to get bearings which appears for all the world as though they are mugging for the camera.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/dune-emergence-004-nest.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-585\" title=\"dune-emergence-004-nest\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/dune-emergence-004-nest.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/dune-emergence-004-nest.jpg 840w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/dune-emergence-004-nest-300x208.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><strong><em>Hatchling Mugs for the Camera<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The clip below documents how we capture these events for the Turtle Journal.<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/dVhdAJVPiq8&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/dVhdAJVPiq8&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><strong><em>Getting Close to the Action<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And finally these ten beautiful little miracles are released into the relative safety of the nursery marsh.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/dune-emergence-012-tj-reports.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-584\" title=\"dune-emergence-012-tj-reports\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/dune-emergence-012-tj-reports.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/dune-emergence-012-tj-reports.jpg 840w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/dune-emergence-012-tj-reports-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><strong><em>Ten Hatchlings Head into Marsh under the Camera&#8217;s Gaze<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stepping behind the scenes, we see how skill and luck and patience were aided by technology to produce the best documented dune emergence sequence.\u00c2\u00a0 The Pentax Optio W30 enabled us to get within inches of the action as tiny hatchling poked through the sand and then scrambled down slope like Olympian skiers. 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