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It had an array of cameras looking forward and down, as well as strobes and incandescent lighting to illuminate the ocean floor. It could acquire wide-angle film and television pictures while flying 50 to 100 feet (15 to 30 m) above the sea floor, towed from a surface vessel, and could also zoom in for detailed views. [1]
In 1909, Albert Samama Chikly took the first underwater shot. [1] In 1910, he filmed Tuna fishing in Tunisia under the patronage of Albert I, Prince of Monaco. [2] In 1940 Hans Hass completed Pirsch unter Wasser (i.e. Stalking under Water) which was published by the Universum Film AG, lasted originally only 16 minutes and was shown in theatres before the main movie, but would eventually be ...
A part of the Pacific Ocean earmarked for deep-sea mining is home to a surprising variety of life, images from a recent voyage to the Clarion-Clipperton Zone show.
The Remotely operated underwater vehicle Deep Discoverer. The 224-foot-long (68 m) converted vessel is covered with cameras capable of high definition images, and sophisticated devices such as 3-D sonar mapping systems. It looks like an average ship, except for a 12-foot-wide (3.7 m) white ball, its satellite dome, mounted high above its bridge ...
Deep below the surface waters of the ocean lives a mysterious world filled with alien-like creatures. Floating around this dark and eerie place are fascinating animals with the ability to create ...
Deep Ocean Exploration on the Smithsonian Ocean Portal; Deep-Sea Creatures Facts and images from the deepest parts of the ocean; How Deep Is The Ocean Archived 2016-06-15 at the Wayback Machine Facts and infographic on ocean depth
The Bathysphere on display at the National Geographic museum in 2009. The Bathysphere (from Ancient Greek βαθύς (bathús) 'deep' and σφαῖρα (sphaîra) 'sphere') was a unique spherical deep-sea submersible which was unpowered and lowered into the ocean on a cable, and was used to conduct a series of dives off the coast of Bermuda from 1930 to 1934.
The U.S. Geological Survey has installed a live, interactive camera at Congaree River below Cayce. The camera lets viewers see current conditions in real time. The camera lets viewers see current ...