Getting footage of the deep ocean and its inhabitants can prove to be time consuming and extremely expensive. National Geographic mechanical engineer, Alan Turchik, has adopted the methods used by oceanographic research scientists to film deep water animals much more economically than using a manned or unmanned ROV.

The video describes the camera and pressurized glass ball housing as well as recovery of the camera using a burn wire system.

The footage captured a gulper shark in the waters of the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean.

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