The Coelacanth, a dive into our origins | Le Cœlacanthe, plongée vers nos origines
A unique human adventure and a media-worthy scientific projectGombessa Expedition 1 To dive for the Coelacanth is to go back in time. In 1938, when it was known only as a fossil, a Coelacanth was discovered in South Africa in a fisherman's net. This species bears witness to an evolutionary bifurcation 380 million years ago, and bears the marks of a great event: the day the fish left the ocean for the open air. Does it hold the secret to the transition to walking on land? In 2010, a marine biologist and outstanding diver, Laurent Ballesta, took the first photographs of the Coelacanth in its ecosystem. In April 2013, divers and researchers set down their equipment at the Sodwana base camp in South Africa, in the club founded by Peter Timm (who died in 2014). Six weeks of extreme diving at depths of over 120 meters, in an attempt to film the Coelacanth with a double-headed camera, collect its DNA and tag a subject with a satellite-linked beacon...
Description: Gombessa Expedition 1 To dive for the Coelacanth is to go back in time. In 1938, when it was known only as a fossil, a Coelacanth was discovered in South Africa in a fisherman's net. This species bears witness to an evolutionary bifurcation 380 million years ago, and bears the marks of a great event: the day the fish left the ocean for the open air. Does it hold the secret to the transition to walking on land? In 2010, a marine biologist and outstanding diver, Laurent Ballesta, took the first photographs of the Coelacanth in its ecosystem. In April 2013, divers and researchers set down their equipment at the Sodwana base camp in South Africa, in the club founded by Peter Timm (who died in 2014). Six weeks of extreme diving at depths of over 120 meters, in an attempt to film the Coelacanth with a double-headed camera, collect its DNA and tag a subject with a satellite-linked beacon...
Genres: Documentary
Homepage: https://gombessa-expeditions.com/gombessa-1/
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Runtime: 91 minutes
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La Jetée
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Snake Eyes
The Hateful Eight
Synchronicity
Child's Play 2
Friday the 13th: A New Beginning
Laurent Ballesta
Played Self - Plongeur, photographe, biologiste marin
Gaël Clément
Played Self - Paléontologue au Muséum d’histoire naturelle de Paris
Peter Timm
Played Self - Plongeur, fondateur du Trimix, Afrique du Sud
Emmanuel Blanche
Played Self - Médecin hyperbare de l'expédition " Gombessa 1 "
Florian Holon
Played Self - Plongeur de l'expédition " Gombessa 1 "
Thibault Rauby
Played Self - Biologiste, plongeur de l'expédition " Gombessa 1 "
Yanick Gentil
Played Self - Cameraman sous-marin, plongeur de l'expédition " Gombessa 1 "
Marc Herbin
Played Self - Spécialiste de la locomotion des vertebrés, CNRS / MNHN
Kerry Sink
Played Self - Chercheur au The South African Institute Aquatic Biodiversity
Cédric Gentil
Played Self - Logisticien de l'expédition " Gombessa 1 "
Mélanie Faye
Played Narrator (voice)
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