Expedition Week: Hunt For the Giant Squid Pictures
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That's a Big Squid!
Live Giant Squid hauled to the surface in Japan.
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Whale Battle Scars
Sperm Whale showing Giant Squid sucker marks and injuries by Giant Squid and other prey.
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Ghostly Dolphins
Dolphins making bioluminescent wake.
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Suction Cups at the Surface
A Giant Octopus remains at the surface with a cameraman.
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The Dome Has Landed
The glass housing - the dome - for the cameras will withstand depths more than 500 meters.
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Swimming With Whales
Rick Rosenthal filming sperm whales.
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Bioluminescent Ostracods
Bioluminescent Ostracods on a reef at night.
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Sunset Over the Azores
Sunset over the Azores.
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Magnificent Manta
Gupster Mark 5 deep sea filming rig with Manta ray.
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Nighttime Rigging
Bringing up Gupster Mark 5 deep sea filming rig from 500 meters.
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First Dip
The crew watch with baited breath as the Guppster takes a first dip in the water.
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Shouldering the Responsibility
Martin Dohrn with Guppster MK5 over his shoulder after modifications in the workshop.
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Sea of Starlight
Elliot Lowndes uses Starlight cameras to film bioluminescence in Sea of Cortez.
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Bioluminescent Ocean
A bioluminescent ocean shines underneath the boats dingy as the crew sets out to film at night.
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Out to Sea
Guppster MK5 test at sea with the crew.
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Kayaking For Whales
Rick Rosenthal with Mario Da Silva filming sperm whales from special Pedalo Kayak.
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Giant Squid Eye
Dr. Clyde Roper looks at the massive eye of a Giant Squid in his office at the Smithsonian Museum, Washington, D.C.
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Whale Scientist
Malcolm Clark, whale scientist and ethologist, one of the advisors on the film.
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Amazing Azores
A view of Pico during the day while clouds settle in the foreground.
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Deep Sea Cable
Rig for deploying the $60,000 fiber optic cable in the deep sea, crew work with their newly designed cable drum and motion damping system.
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Dawn Filming
Gupster Mark 5 deep sea filming rig on way to first sea trials.
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Dissected Squid
A Giant Squid on Dissection Slab.
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Assembly Required
Martin Dohrn and Elliot Lowndes assembling aluminum underwater housing in boat cabin. These are used to film the rig and not for deep work.
