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youtube.com — The sight of a lake at the bottom of the ocean is simply amazing. Brine pools are large areas of brine on the ocean basin. These pools are concentrations of water having an extremely high salinity as compared to the surrounding ocean, caused by the motion of large salt deposits through salt tectonics.

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  • Adam87, on 02/21/2008, -1/+169I have seen this series a few times and recent a friend of mine bought the Planet Earth/Blue Planet set and it is awesome. I highly recommend if you have any interest in nature or environmental science. Really amazing what they say at the end, how we have only explored 1% of the ocean floor, incredible how much work there is still to be done.
    • sakuraz, on 02/21/2008, -5/+82I love David Attenborough's works.

      Raise your thumbs if you do too!
      • hakz, on 02/21/2008, -2/+25thumbs have been raised
      • Ataxia2008, on 02/21/2008, -2/+5He was signing books at my local Borders today :)
    • nospinhere, on 02/21/2008, -33/+4Thanks for recommending Planet Earth/Blue Planet to the 0.0000001% of diggers who have not seen/heard of it yet.
    • halobender, on 02/21/2008, -0/+8What has two thumbs and likes Blue Planet...
    • rurounikengyrl, on 02/21/2008, -0/+2It is pretty amazing.. I saw underwater creatures I didn't even know existed! Very weird.
    • DiggzDE, on 02/21/2008, -1/+4Whenever I get my (null) HD-DVD (null) Blu-Ray player, I plan for these series to be some of my first purchases.
    • Andia83, on 02/21/2008, -0/+1Planet Earth was incredible, but I've always loved the Blue Planet series the most. The ocean fascinates me, especially life on the ocean floor, and things like this.
    • 0ceanic, on 02/22/2008, -0/+3if it is salty, why is it not called an underwater sea?
  • pmctosh, on 02/21/2008, -2/+62I'm still shocked at the whole 1% thing. Impressive bit about the 200 yr old tube worms.
    • neuens07, on 02/21/2008, -2/+25I wonder if underwater lakes can have underwater ponds...
      • bosssmiley, on 02/21/2008, -0/+15What, nested one inside another? Each successive pool having a higher level of chemical concentration and ever stranger lifeforms. That would be weirdly cool.
    • theragu40, on 02/21/2008, -1/+13Agreed. In some ways, I kind of feel like the deep sea is even more intriguing than outer space. We can search for life in outer space, but it's so vast it's difficult to make any real progress. On the other hand, you have the deep sea which is almost entirely unexplored, certainly has new and wondrous lifeforms that we can't even imagine, and is right here on our doorstep. I find it completely fascinating.
    • FutureGuy, on 02/21/2008, -2/+3They could have told me this was Europa (Jupiter's moon) and I might have belived, awesome. Planet Earth series is a masterpiece, kudos to Discovery.
    • dcoolidge, on 02/21/2008, -0/+3They had the internet 200 years ago?
      • thugok, on 02/22/2008, -0/+1Yes, but speed and bandwidth has improved dramatically.
  • sharpie45, on 02/21/2008, -0/+33Amazing stuff. I'm surprised Blue Planet didn't get the recognition that Planet Earth did. Just as good in my opinion. I think some of the footage might overlap, that could be why.
    • Sucka27, on 02/21/2008, -0/+4I thought Blue Planet was better because the U.S. got Sigourney Weaver on the voice over for P.E. She can't hold a candle to D.A.
      • 1gunners4, on 02/21/2008, -0/+1Weaver isn't the voice on the DVD/HD-DVD/Blu-Rays
        • DiggzDE, on 02/21/2008, -0/+1Thank god. I wouldn't get the series if she was.
  • dotlizard, on 02/21/2008, -10/+139omg, it's the Goo Lagoon! (oh man i watch way too much spongebob for an alleged adult.)
    • ghee, on 02/21/2008, -1/+8I'm ready!
    • KnightWhoSaysNi, on 02/21/2008, -1/+26Now we know Spongebob Suqare Pants is based on scientific fact.
    • PlutoniumPlague, on 02/21/2008, -2/+16seriously, that was the first thing that came to my mind...
    • BigW, on 02/21/2008, -2/+3dugg! Thats what I thought too.
    • LogicBomB, on 02/21/2008, -0/+4So you guys smoke too or genuinly enjoy the show? I only ask because all my friends who like the show smoke and to be 100% honest I've never seen it.
      • elementop, on 02/21/2008, -0/+4Love the show, but don't smoke.
        OTOH, I *do* have a six year old daughter, and Sponge Bob is vastly better than a lot of the other stuff she likes to watch. Or maybe I just never grew up :)
        • adoxtater, on 02/22/2008, -0/+1+1 I couldn't agree more. You described my situation perfectly. I too have a 6yr old girl an genuinely enjoy the show. Much better than the other ***** she watches LOL
      • Blandyman, on 02/21/2008, -0/+1My girlfriend is 17, but she acts like a 9 year old half the time, and I actually have a 9 year old sister... we love to watch the show. My sister likes all the annoying (though funny) bits and slapstick comedy, while my girlfriend and I love that AND the puns and homosexual undertones.
    • staxofmax, on 02/21/2008, -1/+1I was thinking Snorks instead.
    • SlimFastForYou, on 02/21/2008, -0/+1I thought it was sort of interesting that the lake was brine. It's the same stuff that is a byproduct of desalinization - it poses a minor barrier to desalinization being done on a more wide scale basis. If this substance and methane and pressure could support these lifeforms we could build aquariums for them. Hell, if we had a lot of brine we'd have a lot of seafood too :).
  • kianat, on 02/21/2008, -1/+9ُُThat will make nice under water weekends!
  • MgrofChaos, on 02/21/2008, -5/+7Fascinating!!
  • Widgett, on 02/21/2008, -1/+19Blue Planet is indeed a badass set. And I can't think about tube worms without remembering that original GI Joe animated miniseries. Sad? Yes, very.
    • Harabeck, on 02/21/2008, -0/+1Holy crap, I actually remember that episode.
      • RobotBuddha, on 02/22/2008, -0/+1I second that shock. And insert a feeling of betrayal that my brain is wasting memory on plotlines from GI Joe.
    • sithlordoflanc, on 02/21/2008, -0/+2And the Joes and Cobras were actually looking for heavy water for a superweapon.
    • NinjaDawg, on 02/21/2008, -0/+1Ah yes - when I read the tube worm comment I immediately searched for 'Joe' in the page. Yo Joe!
    • haidalangara, on 02/21/2008, -0/+0yeah blue planet is badass...david attenborough has got such a great voice. if you liked planet earth but hated sigourney weaver as a narrator (as i did), attenborough does a british version of the series for bbc. :-)
  • KevinFederline, on 02/21/2008, -2/+12I bet if they were able to dive into the underwater lake, and it was big enough, there could be another lake under that too
    • CedEx, on 02/21/2008, -0/+1Or maybe they can find an ocean under all that?
      • sloonark, on 02/21/2008, -1/+1And then another dry surface below that?
    • EdgarCayce, on 02/21/2008, -0/+4...we flush them down into the sub-sewer.
      Some say there's a freakish race of sub-mutants down there."
  • bamafun, on 02/21/2008, -2/+8I would like to take the new underwater car down to take a look at this one ! =)
    • cgruber, on 02/21/2008, -3/+2You'd die.
    • uiguy3, on 02/21/2008, -1/+0You would definitely die because the underwater car is a convertible and the water pressure that deep would crush you.
  • brokencrystal, on 02/21/2008, -4/+21Spongebob Squarepants?
  • Maksx, on 02/21/2008, -4/+13There was a lake in the middle of the ocean
    The prettiest lake that you ever did see.
    Well, the lake in the ocean
    And the green grass grew all around and around
    And the green grass grew all around.
    • sunyata76, on 02/21/2008, -0/+3Oh wow, that took me back.
    • Brownye, on 02/21/2008, -0/+1What is that from?
      • brockpetrie, on 02/21/2008, -2/+2That'd be from Barney.

        Yeah. Barney.
        • Veni_Vidi_Vici, on 02/21/2008, -0/+5I suddenly feel proud that I didn't know what that was from.
          Bill Nye FTW !!!
  • pinstripewizard, on 02/21/2008, -4/+147That narrator could tell one HELL of a bedtime story.
    • bosssmiley, on 02/21/2008, -2/+52Sir David Attenborough. He is an undisputed god of broadcasting and the only reason (apart from "Top Gear") to pay the TV license fee.
      • jj101, on 02/21/2008, -0/+10He also ran BBC2 for a while and commissioned match of the day! But his nature docs are an unrivaled achievements in broadcasting history in my opinion. A living legend.

        Theres a fantastic old video of him, when he was much younger, encountering a tribe in new guinea (i think), where they run at him screaming and waving spears and he just steps forward, extends his hand to shake and says "good afternoon" in a ridiculously English voice. Does anyone have a link?
        • Miscellaneous, on 02/21/2008, -2/+1I know the footage you're talking about. I've got it on his DVD, "Attenborough In Paradise". It's amazing when you watch it and see the reactions of these tribesmen who had never heard of Attenborough, let alone seen a white man before and there he is filming them and giving them chocolate and other stuff they had never tried or heard of before. Makes me wishful that there might be more pockets of people somewhere, unmolested by the modern world.
        • diadem2, on 02/21/2008, -0/+1The camrea man just kept filming too? Was he really being attacked? Was it really a first contact?
  • macwac, on 02/21/2008, -3/+4That is probably the most bizarre thing i have ever seen... fascinating!
  • baalzebub, on 02/21/2008, -2/+9that is part of a documentary by David Attenborough, he has done some amazing documentaries on nature & natural phenomena...
    • haidalangara, on 02/21/2008, -1/+1yeah as i said in an other comment...he did the bbc version of planet earth.
  • EvileSpawn, on 02/21/2008, -13/+5Saw it first on GI Joe circa '83 when they had to get "heavy water" to power the MASS device. Complete with killer tube worms and all. Old News!
  • WaterDragon, on 02/21/2008, -9/+8There are, after all, fresh water rivers that run for great distances through the oceans...so why not lakes at the bottom?
  • xrunner33, on 02/21/2008, -4/+3Aliens.
  • Skellbasher, on 02/21/2008, -14/+3Photoshopped.
    • raggles, on 02/21/2008, -4/+0Reflections all wrong.
    • accessviolation, on 02/21/2008, -0/+3No, please go on. Really. I haven't heard this before.
  • santixar, on 02/21/2008, -11/+6I think we should prioritize this kind of investigations before going to Mars and stuff.
    You know, I think it doesn't make sense knowing everything about remote planets and have things like this one without investigation here on Earth.
    • catachip, on 02/21/2008, -1/+17What would be your criteria for our understanding of the Earth? Different scientists explore different things simultaneously. Astronomers are not interested in the oceans, are you going to pull them off their telescopes and force them into wet suits?
    • rayraym0fucka, on 02/21/2008, -1/+4I think it might be easier to go somewhere else than certain parts of the ocean.
    • noisician, on 02/21/2008, -0/+8yeah, every scientist should all concentrate on only one thing. all of them.
      why are they looking for cures for cancer, aids, heart disease, alzheimers, etc when they still haven't cured the common cold?
      • SpaceMonkeyZero, on 02/21/2008, -0/+7But at least now the 20 people in the world with Restless Leg Syndrome are ok! THANK GOD!
        • mrdoogee, on 02/21/2008, -0/+3Yeah, but now I can't stop gambling!
    • CedEx, on 02/21/2008, -2/+1Don't forget, we're exploring Mars in case we need to get the hell off this planet.
  • petro62, on 02/21/2008, -4/+14Pretty amazing that we no more about space than we do about our own oceans. Not that I mind, but I think we really need to be putting large efforts into exploring both.
    • sremick, on 02/21/2008, -2/+10"Pretty amazing that we no more about space than we do about our own oceans."
      Knowing a bit more about the dictionary might be worthwhile too.
      • Rulz1234, on 02/21/2008, -6/+1Ha knowing more about space ..... we know didly squat about space less than 1% we dont even know where it ends, how can you know any thing about any thing if you can't work out where it ends let alone what could be on these worlds .........
    • wooberstein, on 02/21/2008, -0/+4People say things like that a lot, but considering our oceans are finite space, I doubt that we know more about space than the oceans. We know a bit about our solar system and surrounding area, and we know where a few galaxies are, but mapping is not equal to exploring. We've known the layout (through sonar) of the ocean floor for quite a while now.
  • hacman, on 02/21/2008, -1/+11"There's a fleck on the speck on the tail on the frog on the bump on the branch on the log in the hole in the bottom of the sea."
    • evilregis, on 02/21/2008, -1/+1There's a birthday cake for Mr. Cowen on the frog on the log in the hole in the bottom of the sea.
      There's a birthday cake for Mr. Cowen in the hole in the bottom of the sea.
      Get a nurse.
  • TweekyD, on 02/21/2008, -1/+2/doffs me cap to Sir David ... awesome!
  • 0crabby0, on 02/21/2008, -9/+1You've found my home!
    If you look at the bottom left corner of the film at 37 seconds - You can see me doing the wave...
  • Jackietheblade, on 02/21/2008, -9/+0Headline is GENIUS! A nice subtle hint to remind us all that if you are at the bottom of the ocean, you are, in fact, under water!
  • billybob217, on 02/21/2008, -0/+8David Attenborough is an amazing narrator. Planet Earth rocks my world!
  • bctrainers, on 02/21/2008, -0/+11It's water on top of water! Brilliant!
    • CedEx, on 02/21/2008, -0/+5Pfft... found a lake... when someone finds an ocean at the bottom of a pond, I'll be impressed.
  • hexcr03, on 02/21/2008, -1/+3they can spend all this money to look into space at what they will never be able to touch, yet wont look under water?! those damn aliens are probably just hangin out in their under water lair.... (raises eye brows and puts pinky to mouth)
    • kingmanic, on 02/21/2008, -0/+2It's not like undersea exploration money is compromised by space exploration money. There is money for both but it's more prestigious for space exploration.
  • shmatt, on 02/21/2008, -0/+6David Byrne was right!
  • pyry, on 02/21/2008, -0/+3I'm a brine pool creature, so I'm really getting a kick out of these replies...

    http://www.netl.doe.gov/technologies/oil-gas/Futur ...

    Apparently the oil companies worry because destabilizing these things can weaken the seafloor. Hmm...
  • BrokenVisage, on 02/21/2008, -0/+6The Talking Heads were right! There IS water at the bottom of the ocean.. under the water, carrying the water.. and the days go by. (damn shmatt beat me!)
  • Doodleshanks, on 02/21/2008, -0/+11Mee Thane ... hee hee hee
  • RioMo, on 02/21/2008, -3/+1Disclaimer: *Aquaman unavailable for comment*
  • CaptainScarlet, on 02/21/2008, -1/+5At least we know where Bikini Bottom is!
  • IronDonut, on 02/21/2008, -7/+5Well this just proves that evolution couldn't possibly exist.
  • TheBigBentley, on 02/21/2008, -8/+1So much left to discover here on earth and NASA still wants to make space ships.....
    • mrdoogee, on 02/21/2008, -0/+5Better than NASA making submarines.
    • fakekevinrose, on 02/21/2008, -2/+2theres much more to discover in space
    • Peko, on 02/21/2008, -0/+3Sea exploration and space exploration are mutually exclusive how exactly?
    • Tableboy, on 02/21/2008, -1/+2Knowing About The Sea Won't Help When We Have To Evacuate Earth Whenever The Sun Dies... Space Is More Beneficial
      • Ataxia2008, on 02/22/2008, -0/+1Capitalising Each Word In Your Sentences Wont Make You More Popular.
  • gerbco, on 02/21/2008, -3/+2Wouldn't it just be called a hole?
  • scamper22, on 02/21/2008, -2/+1Must be where mermaids go on vacation.
  • bigbill780, on 02/21/2008, -3/+2Let me guess. Its full of water.
  • dissurmom, on 02/21/2008, -18/+1MEE-Thane???

    What a prick.
    • Xiol, on 02/21/2008, -0/+8It's called British English you idiot.

      I logged in just to downvote you. There are countries and languages outside of America you know.
      • mrdoogee, on 02/21/2008, -3/+1Thats just what the terrorists want us to think!
      • Ataxia2008, on 02/21/2008, -0/+2You mean proper English. Un-bastardised.
  • JSager, on 02/21/2008, -1/+2ok, so it's got a beach... big deal. What about the nightlife? I didn't see anything about clubs or bars.
  • xDynaBlade, on 02/21/2008, -0/+1Gah, those weren't gills on the tube worms, they were lophophores. They use them to catch food particles.
  • Greenergrass, on 02/21/2008, -0/+1The deepness of ocean is still so unexplored, so mysteriously beautiful and it is better nobody can't go there.
    • shazbot, on 02/21/2008, -0/+3You used a double negative, so you're saying it's better because anybody can go there?
    • Tyrghast, on 02/22/2008, -0/+1I find the deep ocean to be creepy as *****. Beautiful my ass...
  • hellbent88, on 02/21/2008, -0/+1so if humans some how do block out the suns energy not every thing will die.....interesting
    • Adamande, on 02/21/2008, -1/+3This probably will. When the narrator says these eco-systems don't depend on the sun's energy he's a bit inaccurate. I imagine he means direct sunlight. But the energy from the sun warms up the oceans overall and keeps the huge underwater currents working. If the sun were blocked out, the currents would stop, water would freeze and that eco-system would probably die. (Others might still live though. We are looking for life on Jupiter's ice moon Europa.)
      • unr1, on 02/21/2008, -1/+3exactly. When I heard "independent of sun's energy" i was like WTF.
      • RenZ87, on 02/21/2008, -0/+2@Adamande

        If the sun was blocked out, the deep ocean will not freeze because of the amount of pressure at those depths. The eco-system is not dependent on sunlight since light is unable to pass through the water. The only source of energy present is the methane.
        So the eco-system is not dependent on sunlight
      • minigamer1896, on 02/21/2008, -0/+1Um, I hate to point this out, but the tidal/gravitational fluctuation in the Jovian system is the only reason why Europa has the possiblity of life residing on it. The fluctuation is akin to our heart; the moving outside forces of gravity cause the moon's core to keep molten via friction, and allow for the possiblity of life to exist in the fluid. Without it, the moon would likely be a solid ball of ice. See Io for an extreme example of what the is happening to the core of Europa.

        I don't know if the tidal action of our moon would be enough to keep the core active enough for the brine pools to stay fluid.
      • kingmanic, on 02/21/2008, -0/+1Thermal vents also provide heat, so if we somehow caused a nuclear winter this life would persist. The oceans wouldn't instantly ice over. If we removed the sun, that'd be a different matter. But I don't know of any technology that can remove the sun.
  • Dahoove, on 02/21/2008, -1/+4Well of course there are lakes in the ocean. All you have to do is watch SpongeBob to know that.
  • frestyl, on 02/21/2008, -2/+4So Sponge Bob writers were correct!
  • flipperBaby, on 02/21/2008, -0/+3David Attenborough Is King.
    • tybris, on 02/21/2008, -2/+1Technically speaking Juan Carlos is King and David Attenborough is a narrator and wildlife TV producer.
      • flipperBaby, on 02/21/2008, -0/+1Attenborough is the man responsible for writing and narrating countless pioneering nature documentaries including the "Life Of...." series' of programs, and though he isnt credited with them, the Blue Planet and Planet Earth series' is hugely inspired by his work. He also ran BBC2 and headed up BBC1, setting countless milestones in broadcasting which still continue on over 40 years since.
  • tim620, on 02/21/2008, -0/+1Awesome!
  • prleet, on 02/21/2008, -5/+0old....I can haz cheesburgrr..
  • leerayIG88, on 02/21/2008, -2/+1What would happen if added oil at the bottom of the sea?
  • spk615, on 02/21/2008, -1/+0Can someone tell me why they haven't attached an infrared camera to a Sperm Whale to find Giant Squid?
    • frestyl, on 02/21/2008, -0/+1Giant Squid don't show up for work...
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