"Secrets " four Thousand Meters Underwater Sangihe

There's something alive in there , in the dark without a touch of eternal sunshine .
A perfect ecosystem at a depth of more than 4000 meters below sea Sangihe , North Sulawesi , Sangihe Talaud Index revealed in the expedition which is a collaboration between researchers of Indonesia and the United States ( U.S.).

For three months , 20 researchers from Indonesia who came from marine and Fisheries Research Agency ( BRKP ) , Indonesian Institute of Sciences ( LIPI ) , Agency for Assessment and Application of Technology ( BPPT ) , and universities , as well as eight investigators from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administator ( NOAA ) to explore underwater mountains in the waters.

By using 17 cameras attached to the " Remotely Operated Vehicle " ( ROV ) capable of taking pictures in the area of more than 4000 meters below sea NOAA 's finally found the existence of an active volcano as high as 3200 meters at a depth of 1900 meters below the Sea of Sangihe .

So far, according to researchers at the Sangihe Talaud Index of ITB , Noorsalam Nganro , an active volcano located in the vicinity Kawio Islands is an active volcano in the world's highest sea floor .

The volcano is forming a new community area on the geothermal area . In the very high water temperatures reach 200 degrees celsius until proved various marine life living in peace.

Noorsalam explained that different types of starfish, shrimp , lobster , fish, octopus , coral reefs rely on living bacteria in the water , estimated to be the same as living bacteria 3.5 billion years ago.

"The same traits or DNA molecules with the bacteria that lived 3.5 billion years ago , "said Noorsalam .

How researchers can speculate Sangihe Talaud Index of bacteria that become food marine life in the depths up to 5100 meters are similar to the bacteria that lived 3.5 billion years ago?

The ability of NOAA 's camera is capable of displaying images from a very sharp macro - marine biota in the waters.

" The camera can be closer to 75 inches from the object, so that detailed images can be obtained , " he said.

So how did the display of marine life that live in the darkness of the seabed at a depth of more than 4000 meters ?

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