Mysterious Never-Before-Seen Underwater Creature Captured On Camera In The Indian Ocean

Cynthia McKanzie – MessageToEagle.com – A new surprise from our oceans! While completing a mission at the deepest point of the Java Trench in the Indian Ocean, one of the most isolated points on the planet the Five Deeps Expedition made a stunning discovery.

The research team was lucky and captured a mysterious, never-before-seen underwater creature on camera. It’s a completely unknown species and seeing it made scientists speechless.

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The extraordinary jellyfish-like animal is thought to be a stalked Ascidean, otherwise known as a Sea Squirt – which does not resemble anything seen before.

“Amongst many other rare and unique observations, the stalked Ascidean was a really significant moment. It is not often we see something that is so extraordinary that it leaves us speechless. At this point we are not entirely sure what species it was, but we will find out in due course,” Dr Alan Jamieson, the chief scientist of the Five Deeps Expedition said in a press statement.

“At this point we are not entirely sure what species it was, but we will find out in due course,” he added.

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The Five Deeps Expedition is being filmed by Atlantic Productions for a five-part Discovery Channel documentary series due to air in late 2019. Perhaps we will learn more about this unique and wonderful ocean creature that was found at the bottom of the trench.

Now measured at 7,192 meters/23,596 feet deep, Victor Vescovo is the first human to dive to its depths in the DSV Limiting Factor (Triton 36000/2 model submersible) the world’s deepest diving, currently operational submarine.

“Among other things, the Five Deeps Expedition has finally settled the debate about where the deepest point in the Indian Ocean is,” said Vescovo.

“Our Kongsberg EM124 multibeam sonar – the most advanced sonar currently mounted on a civilian vessel – provided detailed maps of the Diamantina Fracture Zone sea floor off the coast of Australia, as well as the deepest parts of the Java Trench.

Together with physical visitation from unmanned landers and the DSV Limiting Factor submersible, we believe we have built the most precise maps possible of the deepest places in the Indian Ocean. The deepest point is in the central part of the Java Trench – not the east as was widely assumed – and that’s exactly where we dove.”

Written by Cynthia McKanzie – MessageToEagle.com Staff Writer