Galapagos: Beyond Darwin

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Galapagos: Beyond DarwinGalapagos: Beyond Darwin takes a scientific and photographic look at marine and terrestrial life of the Galapagos Islands.

The inspiration behind Charles Darwin's boldest theories of evolution, the Galapagos Islands may be more provocative than Darwin originally expected. Explore the fascinating world of the Galapagos archipelago that Charles Darwin couldn't explore in his 1835 visit.

Using underwater footage and state-of-the-art scientific equipment, marvel as new discoveries are made about marine and terrestrial life.

Climb into a state-of-the-art submersible and plunge 3,000 feet beneath the surface as history’s first deep-diving expedition to the Galapagos probes the depths where no camera has gone before.

Charles Darwin’s historic voyage to these islands forever changed our view of the world, yet he only scratched the surface.

Beneath the waves, an extraordinary variety of creatures continue to evolve, undisturbed by human settlement.

Share the discovery of over two dozen new species and capture creatures never before seen or even named! Be part of the expedition scientists will be writing about — and you’ll be reading about — for years.

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14 Comments / User Reviews

  1. g isaac

    There has to be some better way to collect specimen for further study (and place them back in the water) as opposed to sucking them up a pipe and allowing them to die.

  2. Robert Allen

    Question: Are there any poisonous snakes endemic (not introduced)to the Gallapagos? My first thought is no because, as the documentary pointed out, there was no need for defensive mechanisms. But then again, poisonous snakes use their venom on their prey.

  3. Robert Allen

    What a fascinating documentary!

    The participants have turned science into an art form.

  4. riley

    this was an absolutely first-rate documentary into the life on galapagos, a well-equipped modern (mid-90s) voyage of discovery.

    @debs

    such comments are not helpful. this is a high-quality doc. if you don't find nature docs interesting, don't watch them.

    more importantly, don't offer an evaluation, if that's all you can say. what is 'boring' to you or me is of no interest to anyone else. the purpose of documentaries is primarily to inform, and if one is excited about the information, its presentation, cinematography, subject authorities, narrative, that's all to the good.

    otherwise, best to move on and let those with at least a modicum of interest in, regard for the importance of, or background into the subject matter judge the doc on its merits.

  5. bhertzbe

    Don't worry about not being able to watch this in HD @capricious. Even though somebody uploaded this film to youtube in HD it is just a standard definition copy.
    Same with the recently added Evolutions film. The problem with this practice is wasted bandwidth. If one watches the HD feed you are getting the same images as the 480p version, yet much more bandwidth is wasted for no increase in resolution.

  6. some guy

    The narrator sounds like The Brain: "same thing we do every night, Pinky: Try and discover new species!"

  7. DJKingZen

    Great documentary...I'm in the right mood to watch some of this, thank you!

  8. capricious

    it's been MONTHS and youtube still hasn't fixed the HD problem :(((

    I cannot watch youtube HD videos, they load too slow and even if I let them buffer the resolution is too high for my 2ghz laptop :(

    Of course, I still have the problem of it resetting to HD every damn part change so I can't just put it on and kick back to watch it. This, unfortunately, makes it unwatchable for me. I hope either youtube or Vlatko can figure out a way to fix this. I don't care who it is as long as it gets fixed *tear*

  9. carlos

    amazing a must watch on hd

  10. jamol

    Facinating creatures.

  11. Me Numba Won

    Interesting. The narrator's voice makes me sleepy though.

  12. esmuziq

    nice !!! one day i will dive with shark whales
    seems so peaceful down there

  13. rashid

    worth watching.. good documentary

  14. debs

    a bit boring