Success!!

The Wave Chasers have succeeded at something that’s never been done before:  installing a re-chargeable deep sea robot to gather data on internal waves every hour or so for an entire year.  After many attempts and some very bad luck, this was their last chance to get the system in the water. “It feels like…

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Trainchor

Dispatch from Hawaii.  Producer Jennifer Isenhart and a pair of Wide Eye cinematographers are on Oahu, shooting footage for a science documentary on deep sea internal waves. A critical component of the re-chargable Wirewalker robot is the wire.   It must extend from a floatation device at the surface of the sea, three miles down to…

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Fourth try’s the charm?

Dispatch from Hawaii.  Producer Jennifer Isenhart and a pair of Wide Eye cinematographers are on Oahu, shooting footage for a science documentary on deep sea internal waves. (Honolulu, Hawaii)   It’s the fourth and final round and the Wave Chasers research team is optimistic in spite of the odds.    The score:  Ocean – 3; Wave…

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Exploring Samoa

Wide Eye Productions just wrapped up a shoot in the South Pacific on board an oceanographic research vessel.  The shoot documented a study of the Samoan Passage, an underwater “nozzle” in the Pacific Ocean.   University of Washington Oceanographer Matthew Alford contributed this report about the voyage. You can read more of his Samoan Passage blog,…

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Punk Icon John Doe Debuts New Role: Television Host

The “X” frontman hits the road to explore the many sounds of American music. John Doe, legendary punk musician (he founded LA-based “X” and went on to perform in the folk and country genres as well), recently turned heads in Boise, where he was filming a pilot for his new television show, “John Doe, American…

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