DEEP part of the sea where no man has gone!

[GhostCon1]

the program was called the blue planet, and a man less droid submarine went 1 mile down and there was a dead sperm whale on the bottom with hundreds of other creatures eating it, also there was flashing organisms and squid etc never seen before by man, its my understanding we only know of 10% of the actual species in the ocean and definately know far more about the moon.

Thankyou!:bounce3:

 

[Lexoid]

We have a ROV that we tow on the SE Australian continental shelf (max 150m). No mermaids or dragons unfortunately after 700 hrs of video. We've had to dive a couple of times to retrieve the camera, luckily only shallow. You guys who dive to hundreds of feet must be hardcore. I really hope that you have a red hot safety team to plan your deep dives and meet you on deck. Getting bent is not funny.

 

[dcombs44]

We have a ROV that we tow on the SE Australian continental shelf (max 150m). No mermaids or dragons unfortunately after 700 hrs of video. We've had to dive a couple of times to retrieve the camera, luckily only shallow. You guys who dive to hundreds of feet must be hardcore. I really hope that you have a red hot safety team to plan your deep dives and meet you on deck. Getting bent is not funny.

I definitely don't want to ever experience the bends. So far my diving experience is in the 100 feet and under club. No deep dives for me yet.

 

[KafudaFish]

the program was called the blue planet, and a man less droid submarine went 1 mile down and there was a dead sperm whale on the bottom with hundreds of other creatures eating it, also there was flashing organisms and squid etc never seen before by man, its my understanding we only know of 10% of the actual species in the ocean and definately know far more about the moon.

You are talking about whale falls. It is one theory as to how deep sea life colonizes new areas. It is like a game of leap frog if you think about it.

I have talked to someone who did her MS work on it and it was pretty interesting.

It takes years for all of the whale to be consumed and eventually the skeleton provides structure and over time structure building organisms attach such as tube worms etc.

 

[Floowid]

Yes Blue Planet. They had a whole episode on the deep part of the ocean. They showed that hypersalinity "lake" in the bottom of the ocean, had a long part about the geothermal vents and the non-photosynthetic life centered around them, and also the part about the whale fall. They came back to the whale after a very long time and what appeared to be a bare skeleton still had meat on it that was still being consumed.

I find it all fascinating too, but I also think that space exploration is more key to our species survival than deep sea exploration. Lets keep NASA in the sky, thanks.

 

[Allmost]

You don't have a point.

NASA is a space agency, which is where the SA in NASA comes from.

There are already organizations dedicated to exploring the seafloor.

you dont really get the joke did u lol

 

[Allmost]

Yes Blue Planet. They had a whole episode on the deep part of the ocean. They showed that hypersalinity "lake" in the bottom of the ocean, had a long part about the geothermal vents and the non-photosynthetic life centered around them, and also the part about the whale fall. They came back to the whale after a very long time and what appeared to be a bare skeleton still had meat on it that was still being consumed.

I find it all fascinating too, but I also think that space exploration is more key to our species survival than deep sea exploration. Lets keep NASA in the sky, thanks.

its like u buy a new house, and before u check out all the rooms and bathrooms and basement, u go out to check the parks around and to see if there are any hot neighbours !

hot neighbours are VERY important, but u gotta know how many bedrooms u have and see them all first haha


I used the NASA example as an example of human scientific powers. if we can get to moon, then the pressure of water down there and temp down there should not be a huge factor if they can make a space shuttle to break the atmoshpheric pressure, then pressure of deep water is nothing

 

[Allmost]

Has anyone seen this?

Amazing

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this guys is kinda lucky he didnt get any bristle worms stuck tohis feet or hands lol

doesnt look real.

 

[boxfishpooalot]

what a crazy arse dive man. I looked up the records for holding breath, something like 11 minutes... i can hold my breath for... 11 seconds hahaha. im working for 15 seconds.

But yea on the subject of deep sea creatures, Ive seen a discovery video where these big snake like eels eat the carcasass of dead whales stripping it to bone in 1 week or something.

They also showed that there are bacteria and tube worm colonies that live in boiling hot volcainic vent water. They live in boiling hot water...

Pretty fasininating anyway.

 

[boxfishpooalot]

this guys is kinda lucky he didnt get any bristle worms stuck tohis feet or hands lol

doesnt look real.

haha, yeah or not only bristle worms but sea urchins! Those suck to get the needle out from the skin.

 

[dcombs44]

this guys is kinda lucky he didnt get any bristle worms stuck tohis feet or hands lol

doesnt look real.

It's completely real. Guy is a known record holder.

 

[kingfisher62]

that show "life" had an oceans episode showing life around deep-sea gas vents where temps were a couple hundre degrees and tube worms and crabs were a-plenty. Also the life under the arctic ocean. Incredible.

There is also one of the Imax movies out there , I am not sure which one , that show these deep water volcanic vents where shrimp and tubeworms thrive inches from water that reaches the boiling point. Well worth watching!

 

[Megalodon]

I used the NASA example as an example of human scientific powers. if we can get to moon, then the pressure of water down there and temp down there should not be a huge factor if they can make a space shuttle to break the atmoshpheric pressure, then pressure of deep water is nothing

The pressure several miles underwater is greater than atmospheric pressure by a long shot. I'm not sure why it would be 'nothing' to NASA or anyone else. Or is this another part of this joke I'm not getting?