 freshwater hydra (photo from Inspired Planet Productions) |
from watching the video
Just a few days ago, the Superior Maximus: Live expedition had weather conditions which allowed the team to send a tethered robot to the deepest place in Lake Superior- in all the Great Lakes. It is 1300 feet below the surface of Lake Superior, and had not been visited for 40 years when a small research submersible traveled to the depths. The site is about 35 miles north of Munising, Michigan.
The video is not edited, but is recorded in real time, so what you see is what they saw. A few kinds of fish and other wildlife were found. At those depths, there are no plant materials because of the lack of light.
Although this was not like seeing a tropical reef, it's fascinating because so little is known about life at the depths where the temperature hovers just above freezing, and the pressure is about 40 times what it is at the surface.
Other expeditions have been recorded and can be found at the Hidden Depths channel on YouTube.
See Superior Maximus: Live
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