
Our planet is an ocean planet: Earth Is Blue. NOAA’s National Marine Sanctuary System protects some of the most iconic underwater places throughout the United States, but we can't do it without you. Come experience some of the weekly videos that the NOAA national marine sanctuaries’ production team creates to inspire people to care for our ocean.
Watch more Earth Is Blue here: https://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/earthisblue.html
Have you ever heard of a whale fall? When a whale dies at sea, its body sinks the ocean floor, where it becomes a food source for years or even decades. Here, it's called a whale fall. Researchers recently came across this whale fall in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary!
- Year2019
- Runtime2:25
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorNick Zachar
- ScreenwriterShannon Shikles
- ProducerKate Thompson
- Executive ProducerOffice of National Marine Sanctuaries
- EditorShannon Shikles

Our planet is an ocean planet: Earth Is Blue. NOAA’s National Marine Sanctuary System protects some of the most iconic underwater places throughout the United States, but we can't do it without you. Come experience some of the weekly videos that the NOAA national marine sanctuaries’ production team creates to inspire people to care for our ocean.
Watch more Earth Is Blue here: https://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/earthisblue.html
Have you ever heard of a whale fall? When a whale dies at sea, its body sinks the ocean floor, where it becomes a food source for years or even decades. Here, it's called a whale fall. Researchers recently came across this whale fall in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary!
- Year2019
- Runtime2:25
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorNick Zachar
- ScreenwriterShannon Shikles
- ProducerKate Thompson
- Executive ProducerOffice of National Marine Sanctuaries
- EditorShannon Shikles