ENTERING AQUARIUS - Undersea Laboratory Tour
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ก.ค. 2012
- One World One Ocean presents, in association with Liquid Pictures 3D -- Mission Aquarius -- a project of Aquarius Reef Base. Join the expedition at oneworldoneocean.org/aquarius
Training for living on the ocean floor is over and it is time to move into Aquarius Reef Base - the last underwater habitat in the world. Take the first tour of the mission as the Aquanauts get settled and adjust to their new home for seven days.
Special thanks to:
Aquarius Reef Base - aquarius.uncw.edu/
DJ Roller and Liquid Pictures 3D - www.liquidpictures3d.com/ - วิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี
Internet access? Can you play BIOSHOCK down there?
"Hello Internet, today I'm played no BIOSHOCK underwater!"
That was one of the most amazing experiences of my life!
That's a dream come true ... I've been always working in the rainforests and always thought that we are too fortunate to be able to study such ecosystems. But the rainforest's equivalent undersea, are coral reefs and you guys are really making that dream come true for one of the less understood ecosystems on Earth. Best wishes from the rainforest.
Who's here from the Joe Rogan Experience? Poop story by Garrett
me omg
The white dome outside must be the poop house.
Me. Looks like they fitted a thunder box.
Dear god I want to do this now. That looks AMAZING!
"TWENTY THOUSAND millimeters under the sea."
Norman Buiko MILLIMETERS
So 20 meters lol
@@MrWhiteav6
Shallower stations are better for oceanographic research of this type. Aquarius is a coral reef research base. Tropical corals don't grow below 50m, and below 40m drop of in biodiversity, so being around 20m is ideal.
You also have complexity issues. Air is 80% N2, which is narcotic when breathed under high pressures. As the station must be pressurised to the surrounding environment, this is important. Breathing regular air is OK until around 35m - beyond that the narcotic effect begins to become noticeable in most people. By 50m, it is severe. By 80-120m, there are fatalities. You can around this by breathing a Helium-Oxygen or Neon-Oxygen (Heliox / Neox) gas, but this needs a very complicated life support system on-board, and is *extremely* expensive. It also has other side effects, including scambling with the voice, so everyone sounds like they've been sucking on balloons, making communication hard (industrial divers get this, and learn to deal with it's their job - but these people are researchers who are only there for 7 days). Another effect is breathing heliox makes you susceptible to cold. Again, industrial divers get around this by having dedicated suits with hot water heating systems tethered to their diving bell - this doesn't work for researchers who specifically use the station because of the freedom of movement it gives them, and again, aren't trained in the elaborate and expensive gear it uses.
Essentially, for an Aquarius like mission, the 10-30 metre zone is the sweet spot.
@@lmlmd2714 thank you. That was very informative
@@lmlmd2714 What you are calling “Industrial Divers”, I take it you mean my industry. That being the Oil&Gas Industry. Am I correct??
Pretty awesome habitat. But one thing: "You do not want to hit that red button"
This is amazing. Who knows the possibilities! Underwater cities!
WOW, this project and the coverage of it is absolutely amazing. Thanks to all involved for sharing this event with the world. It would truly be a travesty if Aquarius doesn't get to continue it's work. It has forever changed my perception of "space the final frontier".
Good wholesome and all natural....
Subnautica in real life...
am i the only one that left this video thinking "what happens if you hit the red button"?
I'm very curious.
It says main lock next to it, I wouldnt touch that shit for all the money in the world.
It's an isolation switch that cuts off the station to any external power.
thank you for let'n me know
See that red button right there, DONT TOUCH IT. My question is, why make the red button you never touch in the first place. It's like the evil villains putting self destruct buttons on their wepons
THIS IS WONDERFUL!"
Try taking a glass, turning it upside down and pushing it down into a sink full of water. See how the air is trapped inside the glass and has nowhere to go?
I gasped when I saw Sylvia Earle :DDD
What a sweet career that would be. I hope they also had a chance to investigate the effects of the 19 meter down club. It's no longer just for the a mile high club, its the full vertical club
haha, yeah
i would love to watch one of those scary submarine or underwater base movies down there, with all the lights off.. and then go look in the pool of water, direct access to anything living down there.. could just breach the surface and climb aboard, although they probably seal that door most of the time/ maybe they need to to pressurize everything. id love to see a video on how it all works. but the 19 meter down club would be no.1 on my priorities, lol.
@@wotever99ninynine The pressure door is only for use at the end of a mission, so they can decompress. The station atmosphere is at the same pressure as the surrounding water, so they can come and go into the surrounding water as they please - no deco! Just flop in and play till you deplete the air in your tank - live the dream ^_^
They use pressure pots - you can watch the video as well. Just check our channel and look for the Pressure Pots video.
They use a powder called sodasorb to soak up the CO2, which lasts the whole mission but then has to be disposed of and replaced with a fresh batch. Fresh air is sent down through the umbilical by an air compressor floating on the surface powered by diesel generators, which also supply the habitat's electrical needs.
Part of that wooorrlldd!
Where can I look at the live feed from down there? The links in the description didn't help me xD
I wonder how they heck they built that ....soooo cool =)
yep. when they dive all day, the aquanauts burn 1000s of calories and are starving.
Use the energy of the ocean
hI THIS IS JUST INCREDIBLE... I want to visit one day if it is really still running....I want to know is there pressure control necessary in down there or just what is remain. and the habitants can remain safe with that ? Can I have a look to the maintaining protocol ..?
The inhabitants are saturated, which basically means that they are acclimatised to the pressure at that depth. It allows them to operate longer without having to decompress between activities. One team member suggested that they had performed 'months' of research in just a few days. Thanks for watching.
can anyone tell me how they feed oxygen in there? and how long before they need to add oxygen to the air pocket>?
turns off everything!
I NEED TO BE AN AQUANAUT!!!!
Can't believe it hasn't been expanded in 20 years.
Lighten up. Did you read what my comment was in answer to? Take a breath, find your smile and try to take a moment here and there away from the serious.
There's plenty of time to be concerned. Peace & Laughter :)
@3:23 "We have O ring seals" .... Space shuttle Challenger flashbacks.
Wonderful ocean station. I hope you build more of this. Can it save lives if ever WW3 erupts? Is there a limit in depth that you can build one? Can you build one in the Pacific Ocean near the Philippines? I wanna learn more of this.
how do they enter without letting water in?
How do they get food on there without it getting wet?
so is this for training for ISS space?
So, this a precursor towards that big underwater structure from Abyss ? :D
WooooooW, woundeful Proyect, it is a blessing enjoy the creation of the Lord our Mother Earth it is the best Gift from the Lord to Humans , let's go taking care our beautiful Mother Earth.💌
I see. A life support buoy would be more efficient at providing air and fuel to a stationary undersea structure.
Where do they get their water from?
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No metaphors here. Just facts.
Carl Murray Photography 6 years later and it is only 15, your original post has aged well
Dr. Sylvia Earle is Dr. Grace Augustine from Avatar!
The red button is used when the aquanauts get fed up from being aquanauts. When pressed it activates the rockets to lift off into space and they become astronauts.
They do that, it's called the Neemo program
so it's 20m below the surface. that's impressive....
Why do you only have an hour? Is there a real physical reason, or is it an arbitrary time given to visitors?
Nope, fresh air is pumped down via umbilical from the life support buoy floating above. Electrolysis would require too much energy, not a problem for a nuclear submarine but not possible for Aquarius, which runs on batteries occasionally charged by gasoline generators mounted on the life support buoy.
I love the idea of an underwater lab but why is it so small?? does it have to do with pressure??
No.... Probably more of budget constraints.
"If you're looking for me, you better check under the sea, at Sea Lab! Underneath the water! Sea Lab! At the bottom of the sea....."
Into the fishy food chain...and then on our plate..yum
what does the red button do?????
Pet it and take pictures, more than likely.
Push the red button!
build it on land, seal it and sink it, and anchor it.
A lab on top of water an alway down to bottom. of sea floor I am thinking then better access course have many windows under sea ,better to be under water during storm just thinking seems more room an bigger that way emergency excess or stays could be continual instead of seven days get more accomplished well you will find I am no it all ,but I hope u get the funds it sounds very interesting maybe if u get in touch with NASA they will help for what u learn will help them to .I wrote omce they said I should get my idea patterned but my idea I can not afford so I gave to them to patten but they sent that letter with NASA symbol an letter I was so pleased it was nice response .
In the ocean with the fishes
What keeps the water in place from :57 - 1:00?
Benpg93 the pressure in the Aquarius is equal to the water pressure.
WHAT IS THE RED BUTTON FOR???
Oddly..not actually that stupid a question, given that they'd need filtration and desalinization systems to convert seawater into potable fresh water.
What will they do if the shark comes? .)
More like Sealab.
and where do they get all the money from?
and WHY do they build a place like that
How the heck can the just "step" out of the water like that at 1:00?
Benjamin Cole (answering this 7 years later) the whole idea of this lab is that it is pressurized to the equivalent water pressure.
I would live there, I just want them make better food down there.
All I can think of is homer simpsons base and how it took 6 hours to decompress and how milhouse used that time to excersise his legs, rofl.
The red button shuts off al power supply
You are aware odf what's traditionally been used as an organic fertlizer for plants, both those eaten straight and used to feed livestock? Then again, if you have that reaction, you probably don't want to think too hard about the water cycle...
spngebob where are you ?
No rapture comments?
weird...
Joking aside this would be really cool to see.
Adam Savage.
Where does their poop go?
They swim out to another underwater dome not too far and poop from there
Kind of a shame they're only spending a week in there--it'd be nice to see this used as a test-bed for technologies to be used in orbital, lunar, and eventually martian habitats.
I think the Red Button plays "Also Sprach Zarathustra"
All I think of is The Abyss. Never going to that base.
they dont filter it! U know that water has more oxygen than our air?
Red button immediately shuts off all power.
2:16 creeper much?
if they seem giddy and delirious it's because of the high levels of dissolved nitrogen in their bloodstream at that depth - akin to nitrous oxide AKA laughing gas lol
That's why Aquarius station is at 20m. At that depth there's no real narcosis for most people... Otherwise, it'd get interesting pretty quickly lol
WHAT DOES THE RED BUTTON DO?!
The red button turns off the wireless internet access.
Ziploc bags
Its always about the poop isn't it?
All I’m thinking: Hit the red button!!!
It looks and sounds cool until you realise that it is only a mere 19 meters underwater
maybe they eat it all o.o
Maybe they should put a cover on that red button
The fish eat it.
calfreezy sent me :)
sometimes you just have to ask- how the fuck do u build a place like that?
Huh... This is funny... I named my base in Subnautica Aquarius...
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD PRESS THE BUTTON!
so...what happens if you hit the red button?
Probably an Emergency Stop button incase of electrical failure, pushing it would probably disconnect power to the oxygen supply system. I'm not an engineer of this particular system but it's a wild guess from a Electrician who installs panels and equipment like that
I think you should pitch that to Hollywood. Deep Sea Zombies ;)
Bioshock
"Rapture, the early days"
I also have a great urge to PRESS THE RED BUTTON! What does it do? Must see what it does! OMFG what does it do? Why the fuck would they say not to press it? That only makes me want to press it! Shit I gotta press it Where is this place? Must go so I can press the red button! I bet it would b the shit to press the beautiful little red button! What does it do I wonder...dammit I wanna press that freaking red button NOW! What is wrong with this guy? Now all day I am gonna think of that red button!
Its great until a tsunami / earthquake.
Hey... what about underwater pee&poo? :)
A toilet similar as the ones used on caravanning, maybe?
Or do they go out of the laboratory every time they... ahem... cof, cof?
JoseDLF there is an area 15 ft away they swim to that is called the “gazebo.” And there you have it. And yes the fish feed off the human waste.
The age of Aquarius *illuminati confirmed
Self-Destroy
then an asteroid strucks earth, forcing them to try to survive in the ocean by creating an AI that will be able to help them with the process.....ahh that sounds familiar.
Only press the red button?