{"id":25388,"date":"2019-10-29T05:44:07","date_gmt":"2019-10-29T04:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/?p=25388"},"modified":"2025-01-24T11:46:30","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T10:46:30","slug":"what-lies-beneath-blackwater-the-sargasso-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/story\/25388\/what-lies-beneath-blackwater-the-sargasso-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"What Lies Beneath: Blackwater & The Sargasso Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

How do you make people care about a place they\u2019ve never heard of?<\/span><\/p>\n\n

This summer I joined the Greenpeace ship<\/span> Esperanza<\/span><\/i> as it set sail for the Sargasso Sea, a vast ocean patch in the North Atlantic. Our mission was to show why the Sargasso Sea must be protected under the Global Oceans Treaty.<\/span><\/p>\n\n

As the Visuals Lead for this leg of the <\/span>Pole To Pole expedition<\/span><\/a>, I brought along underwater shooters <\/span>Tavish Campbell<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>Shane Gross<\/span><\/a> to capture the splendour of this unique ecosystem.<\/span><\/p>\n\n

 <\/span>The Sargasso Sea is teeming with wildlife, yet as I looked out at the preternaturally clear waters from the ship, I could see only an occas<\/span>ional seabird or flying fish. To document its biodiversity, we would have to go a little bit deeper.<\/span><\/p>\n\n

Blackwater photography<\/span><\/a> is an emerging art form in which photographers dive into the open ocean, at night, completely untethered. It\u2019s not for the faint of heart.<\/span><\/p>\n\n

Shane and Tavish dove down 30 metres over a depth of more than 4,000 metres. At each new layer of depth, they encountered incredible creatures – some larval, others fully grown. Many of these creatures migrated up from the mesopelagic-zone.<\/span><\/p>\n\n

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A flying fish at night in the Sargasso sea. \u00a9 Shane Gross\/ Greenpeace<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n
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A Sargassum crab at 30 feet at night. \u00a9 Shane Gross \/ Greenpeace<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n
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A larval stage lobster at 13,000 feet of water. \u00a9 Shane Gross \/ Greenpeace<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n
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A blackwater image of a jellyfish. \u00a9 Shane Gross \/ Greenpeace<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n
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Species to be identified in the Sargasso Sea. \u00a9 Shane Gross \/ Greenpeace<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n
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A blackwater image of amphipods in the Sargasso Sea. \u00a9 Shane Gross \/ Greenpeace<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n
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A blackwater image of an octopus in the Sargasso Sea. \u00a9 Shane Gross \/ Greenpeace<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n
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A flying fish near the surface. \u00a9 Shane Gross \/ Greenpeace<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n

Katie Camosy is a Senior Video Producer at Greenpeace USA<\/em><\/p>\n

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