Victor Vescovo

So I put the sub up a couple of meters higher, built up some speed and went full power.

And we penetrated through the brine and it was milky, milky white for about a meter or two.

And then it was crystal clear.

but all my temperature gauges just went red line.

How hot was it?

You could feel it in the sub.

We don't know because it was easily in excess of 120, 130, maybe higher degrees Fahrenheit.

You could feel it in the sub almost immediately.

It was getting warmer in the sub because also we were in a metal sphere.

And so the heat conducted pretty quickly through the titanium.

And after not too long, maybe not even 15 or 20 seconds, scientists and I looked at each other saying, I think you should go back up.

Yeah, so I was worried my thrusters were going to not work.

But we went full power and we penetrated back through.

And yeah, when we got back to the surface, half my electronics were fried from the heat.

It was worth it.

that's awesome it's pretty it's like going into a black hole yeah nobody knows what the hell's yeah we didn't know what was going to be on the other side i personally thought it was going to just be the same milky white that we weren't going to see a darn thing but that's what surprised me was it was actually consistent and therefore optically transparent who knew

That's why you explore.

You don't know what you're going to find.

People keep asking me all the time, what do you hope to find on the seafloor?

Why do you explore so much?