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By Emma Taggart on February 6, 2025
Sometimes what we perceive as mistakes are actually blessings in disguise. This is what Vancouver Island-based underwater videographer Peter Mieras discovered when he lost his action camera in the ocean—only to accidentally capture a breathtaking video of a humpback whale in the process.
Mieras attached his Insta360 X4 camera to a fishing rod in the hopes of capturing interesting footage in the shallow waters near his home in Barkley Sound. However, before he could test his idea, the fishing line snapped and the camera sank to the ocean floor.
Prior to diving down to retrieve his equipment, Mieras spotted a flurry of activity nearby—a flock of birds and a herd of sea lions splashing wildly as they feasted on a school of anchovies just meters from the dock. He says, “(It was) a little bit like a National Geographic moment.” Mieras quickly pulled out another camera and started filming the action above water.
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