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Although the presentation was given ten years ago (the presenters start by cracking jokes about the then-current box office hit Titanic), ocean explorer David Gallo has some amazing video of animals and other interesting stuff in the deep sea. The thirteen-minute presentation is crammed full of video showing strange octopods, colorful jellyfish, beautiful tubeworms (including a worm fight!), and scary fish — but there’s also some really interesting video of deep-sea hydrothermal vents. The vents are surprisingly active, showing clouds of sulfurous volcanic crud pouring out. Despite this seemingly toxic environment, there’s a thriving ecosystem surrounding the vents — and Gallo has video to prove it.
If you’ve ever wondered what’s down there, check out this video!
(Note: most of this video seems to have been taken by the Jason ROV that was made famous by Bob Ballard’s Titanic investigation. (Well, okay, Ballard used Jason Jr., a prototype of Jason, but it was pretty much the same thing.)
I saw a special on discovery not very long ago that included a lot of footage like that. More intresting though was the footage of a lake at the bottom of the ocean. The shore of the lake was made of living tubes and muscles if i remember correctly. The water in the “lake” was so dense that the sub bounced off of it when they tried to submerge.
posted by THE QUEEN on 9-17-2008 at 6:57 pm
i saw that same special!! the lake was really cool.
posted by kelly on 9-18-2008 at 5:22 pm
That ‘Deep Blue’ doc rules in every way. I watch it and can’t beieve it’s the same planet.
Under water lake wins everyone.
posted by mari on 9-18-2008 at 9:17 pm