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Discovery - Virtual tours of the underwater world

The seafloor landscape off Perth

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To view the movies in Quicktime format you will need Quicktime Player  installed on your computer.

To view the movies in Real video format you will need Real Player  installed on your computer.

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Fly through Australia's oceans

Many people imagine the seabed to be a flat, featureless place. In fact, the seabed surrounding Australia is crowded with networks of canyons, undersea mountains, plateaus and trenches.

Thanks to detailed mapping of our undersea environment, we can now explore some of these features in animated 'flythroughs' of the underwater landscape.

Australia's ocean landscape

South Australia's underwater Murray canyons

Torres Strait underwater landscape

South-east Marine Region - Macquarie Island

South-east Marine Region - Tasman shelf

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