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China's manned sub uses special camera to explore seabed

2015-01-12 10:22 Xinhua Web Editor: Mo Hong'e
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Photo taken on Jan 10, 2015 shows a coral on a basalt collected by Jiaolong, China's deep-sea manned submersible, in the southwest Indian Ocean. Jiaolong carried out an exploration mission to study active hydrothermal vent in the southwestern Indian Ocean. (Xinhua/Zhang Xudong)

China's deep-sea manned submersible Jiaolong took a special high-definition camera to shoot scenes of a hydrothermal area in the southwestern Indian Ocean on Sunday.

The camera recorded one-hour video of the marvelous scenes of seabed, said Liao Ye, a member of the TV crew.

Employed by China Central Television (CCTV), Liao and his two teammates are making a documentary film about Jiaolong during its four-month expedition in the southwestern Indian Ocean.

The camera recorded mussels, coral and spiral shells on seabed and how Jiaolong took samples of deep-sea water, said Liao.

This high-definition video is also meaningful for scientific research of the hydrothermal area, said scientists.

Based on a Sony product, this deep-sea camera was remade for deep-sea shooting by engineers of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, who helped director James Cameron shoot his 10,000-meter diving in 2013, Liao said.

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution is the world's largest private, non-profit oceanographic research institution and a global leader in the study and exploration of the ocean.

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