Sperm Whale, dealing with the unexpected
Friday 14th October 2005 from 18h00 to 19h30
Salle 2 / Grand Amphithéâtre
Sperm Whale, dealing with the unexpected
- Directed by
- Bertrand Loyer
- Produced by
- Saint Thomas
Documentary, France, 2005, 52 min
From the stormy surface to the eternal darkness of the abyss, several generations of these deep-sea divers encounter men and their “toys”: harpoons of yesterday, and fishing lines of today. Once victim of whale hunting, now accused of stealing fish, a sperm whale shares its private life with us. And what an immersion! We discover its mysterious sonar, its competitors like orcas, and also the strange world of its neighbours—the deep-sea monsters. Amongst them, a revelation: the biggest squid ever filmed in its natural environment, almost 15 feet long. Come and discover the depths of the Crozet abyss…
Decrypting images of science: Titan
- Directed by
- Hervé Colombani
- Produced by
- C.S.I., CNRS Images
Documentary, France, 2005, 1 min
Boosted by new computing and visualization, scientific images, acquired from the volume and movement, the atomic scale to cosmic dimensions.