David Gallo: Deep ocean mysteries and wonders
A pioneer in ocean exploration, David Gallo is an enthusiastic ambassador between the sea and those of us on dry land. Full bio
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in school with ADD,
tough to pay attention --
chemistry -- really tough for me.
you'll see that Earth is mostly water.
is covered with water.
I know Earth. I live here."
because most of it's covered with that --
Building, Chrysler Building,
is 15 of those on top of one another.
of what's in that water.
go peek and see what's there.
is show you some things
down to the deep water,
you'll see some things
on exploring planet Earth.
you've seen plenty of corals,
to the beach, snorkeling,
to go -- full of life,
some nice, some dangerous,
dar ceea ce probabil nu știți
is in the very deep part of the ocean,
are at the bottom of the sea --
going on right now.
the Atlantic, the Indian Ocean.
the rocks actually turn to liquid.
on the ocean floor.
but when we look in detail,
darkest places on Earth, we find life,
really wants to happen.
with our robots,
that's usually surprising,
and sometimes revolutionary.
of water sitting there.
there's a little cliff,
the beach a little bit better,
in that water, down there.
of the Gulf of Mexico.
at a little pond of water beneath the sea.
lakes, we see rivers --
at the bottom of the ocean
left to the upper right.
cum poate exista așa ceva pe fundul mării?
that only live in that water.
in the middle of the ocean,
on Earth, called the mid-ocean ridge --
and we've hardly had a peek at it.
many thousands of valleys,
than the Grand Canyon.
lakes, rivers, waterfalls.
up near Iceland.
that we've explored.
is that to explore it,
but it's not just Dave Gallo
it's a team of people.
and the submarine, Alvin.
this is an Alvin launch --
making sure that these people are okay.
is thinking one thing right now:
to the bathroom one more time?
and nobody is going to be around you.
and once you hit the water, it's amazing.
that penetrates right inside you.
you've got sonar on there --
down to the bottom and comes back up.
sure the outside is okay,
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of the ocean and it's an amazing trip.
you sink down to the bottom.
is totally pitch black.
could live inside that world
we find some amazing things.
we call it the mid-water --
down to the bottom, we find life.
of the coolest creatures on Earth.
just flailing his arms around.
with their mouths hooked together,
some can be longer than this stage.
and take a look at them.
we find hot springs.
because this is poisonous water,
it would crush the Titanic
an empty cup in your hand --
no life there at all.
and diversity and density
out the window of the sub,
we think about life on Earth;
have to have sunlight
some that look familiar.
I love him. Dumbo's great.
I wish I had more footage of this.
together to go look at this
The vampire squid.
he's got glowing tentacles,
I put my arms out in the darkness
glowing things over here.
on his butt that look like eyes.
How cool is that?
because when it gets protective,
over its whole body,
to show up in New York.
out there last year.
place for biology,
in to live on the Titanic.
eating the hull of the Titanic.
there on the bow of the Titanic.
is that we're making a virtual Titanic,
with your joystick and your headset on,
the Titanic for yourself.
make these virtual worlds,
exploring the world; it's you.
you how important that is,
you breathe, the water you drink,
in some way by the ocean,
that we haven't even explored --
I showed you some cool stuff.
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we find something new about the sea.
or is there more out there?
that the ocean is full of surprises.
is not so much in seeking new landscapes,"
by showing you some of this,
about this planet,
I want you to think about it differently.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
David Gallo - OceanographerA pioneer in ocean exploration, David Gallo is an enthusiastic ambassador between the sea and those of us on dry land.
Why you should listen
David Gallo works to push the bounds of oceanic discovery. Active in undersea exploration (sometimes in partnership with legendary Titanic-hunter Robert Ballard), he was one of the first oceanographers to use a combination of manned submersibles and robots to map the ocean world with unprecedented clarity and detail. He was a co-expedition leader during an exploration of the RMS Titanic and the German battleship Bismarck, using Russian Mir subs.
On behalf of the Woods Hole labs, he appears around the country speaking on ocean and water issues. Most recently he co-led an expedition to create the first detailed and comprehensive map of the RMS Titanic and he co-led the successful international effort to locate the wreck site of Air France flight 447. He is involved in planning an international Antarctic expedition to locate and document the wreckage of Ernest Shackleton’s ship, HMS Endurance.
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