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In 55 years of manned space flight, 547 people have traveled through space.
But only three people have seen the deepest parts of the ocean with their own eyes - 11,034 meters below sea level.
While star explosions in space led to the creation of all elements, making
life on this planet possible, the oceans produce as much oxygen as all land plants together. They keep our bodies alive with every breath.
The oceans were always there, their surfaces still look the same like thousands of years ago.
"But if you look deeper, 90 percent of the oceans are overfished. Two thirds of coral reefs are badly damaged." (Sylvia Earle, oceanologist)
The video sound installation "Deep Space Ocean" wants to call attention to the depths.
Videos (© Joanna Vortmann): Ocean waves, moving, deep.
Sound: Cosmic Sounds
Huygens Planings on Titan on January 14, 2005
Electromagnetic radiation from the atmosphere of Neptune, recorded by Voyager 2 on 24./25. August 1989.
Credits: NASA
Blast of radio waves from solar flare (Sunspot 1158) on February 13, 2011, taken by an astronomer in New Mexico.
Credits: Thomas Ashcraft, The Observatory of Heliotown
Hubble Deep Space image of galaxy clusters RXC J142.9 + 4438, taken on August 13, 2018.
Credits: NASA.
Credits for Sonification: System Sounds, Matt Russo, Andrew San taguida
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My special thanks go to Professor Carolin Crawford of Cambridge University,
for her inspiration and especially the sounds she provided me with.
Your lecture on "Sounds of the Universe" is quite wonderful.
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