High Seas and Seamounts of the Nazca Ridge | 4K ROV Highlights

From toadfish and amphipods to a vivid siphonophores, the underwater mountains comprising the Nazca and Salas y Gómez Ridges host amazingly diverse life forms. The majority of both ridges lie outside of any country’s jurisdiction - in the high seas - leaving these distinctive and understudied ecosystems vulnerable to human exploitation from climate change, plastic pollution, overfishing, and potential deep-sea mining. Many experts in marine protection and policy believe that the Nazca and Salas y Gómez Ridges are a top priority for designation as one of the world’s first high-seas marine protected areas. Recent Schmidt Ocean Institute-supported expeditions to the region discovered over 150 suspected new species and several new seamounts. To expand on these expeditions’ success and contribute vital data to inform future protections of these high seas areas, the #NazcaHighSeas expedition brought an international team of scientists to map and characterize the biodiversity in the area. Here are some of the amazing scenes documented this expedition in the high seas off the coast of South America.

[@mattkoiwalski]

❤❤❤ tremendos registros y excelente música 🎉!!

[@esmoi_ucn]

Increíble ❤

[@manuelvillasolar3666]

Muy buenas grabaciones y con música mucho mejor.

[@blakdeniz]

Fantastic! 🎉🎉🎉 That made my day 🤩🤩🤩

[@sharikletyn4410]

WoW🎉 This is excellent❤

[@jamesdriscoll_tmp1515]

Congrats on dive #700!
Here's to the next!
I hope more people find interest in the world of the sea, and help to keep it clean.

[@AGDinCA]

Absolutely fantastic video! The music really helps underscore the vivid colors and textures of the enormous variety of marine life.

[@richardletaw4068]

I love the music! The Latin rhythms perfectly complement the subject matter (given its location and name), *and* are a nice contrast to the synthesizer-based space music that that Odd Deep-Sea guy uses!
Thank you-I will be looking out for more of your productions.

[@tinawelch3005]

made my day!!!!

[@Harrzack]

What do fish think about as they float along in their liquid world?😊

[@richardletaw4068]

I think it would be along the lines of:
•Eat
•Avoid Predators
•Find [or BE] Woman Fishes]
•Lather, Rinse, & Repeat
I do not know whether there is room in their tiny fishy brains for a *•”What the hell WAS that?”* subroutine, such as when they encounter a giant, brightly lit visitor in their home.

[@cammieg4381]

Congrats on the 700th Dive! (btw, can you use slower music to edit to - so we can watch longer!😉)👍❤

[@beanaranjo]

¡Qué sabor! 🖤

[@jasoninmichigan6078]

💃 💃 🕺 💃 💃

[@tafur2b]

Que buena cumbia, parece cumbia de la selva peruana.

[@ThelemicPotter]

What’s the song?

[@bladeofmiquella1887]

The team spent a lot of effort and funds to show humanity these new discoveries and what caught your attention is the song?

[@santiagovies]

Sounds much like folkloric music from indigenous cultures of the north of Chile