World With out Solar – Jacques Cousteau (YouTube)
Spearheaded by the well-known Jacques Cousteau, the Continental Shelf Station Two undertaking experimented with the thought of people utilizing an undersea dwelling habitat as a base for ocean analysis. After all, that is at the moment taking place – Dr. Williams speaks about his time with NASA’s NEEMO undertaking right here – however the concept of undersea analysis colonies on a bigger scale didn’t fairly proliferate in the way in which that Costeau had envisioned it. Regardless, this undertaking did lead to a tremendous documentary known as World With out Solar, which takes you contained in the each day lifetime of an oceanaut dwelling 32 toes beneath the floor. The primary scene contained in the habitat depicts the oceanauts getting back from a dive, lighting up a smoke, and pouring themselves a big glass of wine – this was in 1963 in spite of everything. The documentary explores the concept that in sure environments, time takes on a completely completely different that means. That is one thing we’re all experiencing now, that type of bizarre phenomenon the place it is arduous to inform what day it’s. I discover the documentary uplifting as a result of it asks viewers (these of us dealing with the stay-at-home orders) to reframe their view on what dwelling in a confined atmosphere means. I will not deny that I, for one, wish to stay the lifetime of Cousteau, and perhaps the present confinement train is a good way to coach for it!
– Cole Pennington, Editor
