Underwater Director of Photography
Bajo la superficie de los océanos hay miles de volcanes que aún son desconocidos. Uno de ellos, el monte La Pérouse, cercano a la isla de Reunión.
Himself
Uno de los objetivos de la misión Gombessa V es obtener una primera evaluación de la biodiversidad y el estado del agua de la zona de penumbra (profundidad de unos 100 metros).
Underwater Camera
En la Polinesia Francesa, Laurent Ballesta y su equipo de buzos utilizan tecnología de rastreo y sofisticadas técnicas de cámara para investigar una manada de 700 tiburones grises que patrulla las aguas en masa; captando increíbles comportamientos nunca antes captados por una cámara.
Camera Operator
In French Polynesia, there is a place where every year, thousands of groupers gather in secret followed by hundreds of sharks… The photographer, diver and biologist Laurent Ballesta, with his team, wanted to better understand what motivates these fish to wait until the exact day of the full moon to spawn all at once! With the help of researchers from the CNRS of Moorea, they dived and conducted numerous experiments to study and witness this unique phenomenon. Taking advantage of this period of incredible richness, Laurent Ballesta did a record dive of 24 hours at over 20 meters.
Underwater Camera
120 metres down off the wild coast of South Africa lives an animal once thought to have been extinct for 65 million years - the coelacanth, locally known as Gombessa. A dinosaur fish, a living fossil, that remains the only link connecting fish to terrestrial tetrapods: its fins contain the beginning of reptile and mammal leg bones! And what about the vestigial lung found at the back of its huge mouth?… A team of underwater explorers will film these legendary fish like never before.
