Volcanoes of the Deep Sea

IMAX® at 15,000 feet

Deep ocean creatures living in the hot vents of the Mid-Ocean Ridge take forms that are bizarre to humans. The study of these creatures and their world is unraveling scientific mysteries about the nature and life on our planet.

	Scene from Volcanoes of the Deep Sea.

Volcanoes of the Deep Sea is an IMAX® film that takes audiences on a journey to these places. The film was directed by Stephen Low and photographed by William (Bill) Reeve, CSC. Low’s credits include such classic large format films as Beavers, Titanica and Across the Sea of Time. Reeve has been shooting large format projects for 30 years.

Volcanoes of the Deep Sea was produced at ocean depths of down to 15,000 feet. The filmmakers coped with as much as 6,000 pounds of water pressure weighing on them and everything mechanical.

“My goal was to find ways to condense every last photon of light into the camera aperture to create a healthy negative with good depth of field,” Reeve says, emphasizing that the images will be magnified and projected on 100-foot wide screens.