Encounter with akule helps cameraman score an Emmy

By Mike Gordon

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, May 06, 2012

~~<p>From the bottom of Kona's Kailua Bay last October, in the shallow water beside the pier, the world above offered underwater cameraman Craig Musburger a magical panorama: hundreds of triathletes treading water at the start of the Ford Ironman World Championship while thousands of akule moved in and around them.</p>
<p>"I was enveloped in this massive school of fish," said Musburger, who lives in Hawaii Kai. "Every direction you look it is fish moving in sync with each other. It's like they are one animal, and to have that happening while the swimmers are about to start a race is impressive."</p>
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From the bottom of Kona's Kailua Bay last October, in the shallow water beside the pier, the world above offered underwater cameraman Craig Musburger a magical panorama: hundreds of triathletes treading water at the start of the Ford Ironman World Championship while thousands of akule moved in and around them.

"I was enveloped in this massive school of fish," said Musburger, who lives in Hawaii Kai. "Every direction you look it is fish moving in sync with each other. It's like they are one animal, and to have that happening while the swimmers are about to start a race is impressive." Login for more...