Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

10 responses to “Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea”

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   jurvetson

   Nov 1, 2011 at 4:00 pm

   quite a wide angle view

   

   I heard lectures in Monterey on the problem of jellyfish blooms (earlier flickr post),
   but I had no idea what lay just beneath the surface…

   

   

   The Blue View Sonar is pretty cool as well.
   OceanView uses it to create 3D renderings of sunken ships

   

   Experiment Pods: They were testing theIR sensor for activation and control. A simple TV remote worked across the acrylic dome and a foot of water. (But it also controlled the Sonar screens as we discovered!)

   

   Riding herd

   

   A Mola Mola, or ocean sunfish, followed us for a bit which was very exciting as they are the strangest sea creature I have seen. They make a small cameo appearance in my video, but for a better view, check out Tierney Thys’s adorable TED Talk on sunfish and the jellies they eat (which provide only 4 calories per 100g).

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   WF&DT

   Nov 1, 2011 at 9:14 pm

   Cool stuff.

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   solerena

   Nov 1, 2011 at 9:41 pm

   fantastic experience… i might try this one too if it is feasible. Love jellyfish blooms and sunfish is really interesting… i did not know these are in Monterey Bay. Nice video too.
   yep, sunfish can unite the world:) together with whale songs:)

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   Vanita

   Nov 1, 2011 at 10:44 pm

   Drifting with the jellies…
   Very cool.

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   TomiTapio

   Nov 2, 2011 at 5:51 pm

   Ooh a nice sonar monitor!

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   Chucil

   Nov 2, 2011 at 7:31 pm

   They are beautiful!

   If imagine you are Aladdin, taking your son on a magic submarine ride to
   "A whole new world
   That’s where we’ll be
   A thrilling chase
   A wondrous place"

   I recall reading a non-illustrated version of Verne’s book, drawing imagination from the words.These photos break the imagination barrier. They are beautiful! Wyland could get a vivid character in his painting, the Jellyfish.

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   avlxyz

   Nov 2, 2011 at 10:38 pm

   Jellies are awesome and terrifying at the same time!
   that looks like a fairly high density of jellyfish…

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   jurvetson

   Nov 3, 2011 at 10:19 pm

   I was worried more about the squid…
   
   P.S. For Silicon Valley folk, if you want to see the sub and learn more, it will be in Santa Clara on Wednesday, with a discussion on Ocean & Space Exploration – A Collaborative Future

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   Vanita

   Nov 4, 2011 at 7:37 pm

   lol..! Gary Larson come back to us!

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    PhOtOnQuAnTiQuE

    Nov 10, 2011 at 2:26 am

    Hooo this is SOOO cool !!!
    You know my love for ocean exploration. This is on my to do list now !!!
    Cool adventure. Will give us some good ideas =)

    About the tittle… Went to do his other book last week, in South of France by making a Journey to the Center of the Earth. You would have loved it. Even met with underworld creatures =)

    

    Have a great day on your side of the Ocean =)

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