Ocean Watch: A Tale of Deep Sea Exploration, created in collaboration with Schmidt Ocean Institute.
Written, narrated and edited by me, Leo Richards. This channel (Natural World Facts) is my passion project dedicated to exploring the wonders of the natural world and telling stories that inspire!
This film is unusual in that it is my first piece of contract work, commissioned by Schmidt Ocean Institute, who have kindly given me permission to post it here on YouTube - so the style might seem a little different to usual, but I had a blast making it. The film premiered at the Royal Institution in London. See the film's outro for full credits. Thank you to everyone at SOI who recorded the footage, gave interviews, piloted the ROV, kept the ship running, and managed a boat-load (literally) of media and footage to make this film possible!
Schmidt Ocean Institute (SOI) is a non-profit oceanographic research foundation that has been pioneering deep-sea
00:00 - Introduction to the Deep Ocean
05:39 - 1 - In Search of Hydrothermal Lost Cities
06:58 - 1 - Hydrothermal Vents of the Puy de Folles Seamount
08:46 - 1 - Hydrothermal Vent Formation and Processes
10:37 - 2 - The Underworld of Hydrothermal Vents
11:52 - 2 - The Tica Vent Field
12:43 - 2 - The Giant Tube Worm, Riftia pachyptila
13:43 - 2 - The Dispersal of Life at Hydrothermal Vents
14:35 - 2 - A New Deep Sea Ecosystem
15:17 - 3 - Octopus Odyssey: The Octopus Gardens
16:47 - 3 - New Findings at the Octopus Gardens
17:55 - 3 - Muusoctopus: Reproduction and Hatching
19:15 - 4 - Health Diagnostics of Deep Sea Corals
20:34 - 4 - Mesophotic Corals of Puerto Rico
22:19 - 4 - DISCO & SOLARIS: Reactive Oxygen Species Sensors
24:31 - 5 - Vertical Reefs of the Galapagos
25:29 - 5 - Corals of the Vertical Reefs
26:17 - 5 - Mapping the Vertical Reefs
27:05 - 5 - Wonders of the Deep Galapagos
27:57 - 6 - Ultra Fine-Scale Seafloor Mapping
30:01 - 6 - Innovations in Deep Sea Exploration
31:26 - 6 - Mapping the Deep Sea Floor
32:51 - 7 - The Challenges of Exploring the Deep
33:45 - 7 - Hydrothermal Vents of the Galapagos
34:31 - 7 - The Great Squat Lobster Trail
35:20 - 7 - A Newly Discovered Hydrothermal Vent Field
35:56 - The True Extent of the Deep Sea
38:17 - The Achievements of Falkor (too)
39:14 - Outro and Credits research and discovery since 2009, on board their old vessel RV Falkor and their new RV Falkor (too).
Their remotely operated vehicle (ROV) SuBastian is equipped with a suite of sensors and a 4K camera that has illuminated the depths and live-streamed dives around the world.
Most footage shown is filmed and provided by SOI.