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Ocean Watch | A Tale of Deep Sea Exploration

Ocean Watch: A Tale of Deep Sea Exploration, created in collaboration with Schmidt Ocean Institute.

2024-03-15 22:00:00 - Natural World Facts

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. 




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