Yes, Alvin is the sub who surveyed the RMS Titanic.
I was a lucky member of the science party on the Galapagos Ridge Underwater Volcanic Eruptions Expedition (GRUVEE) who got to go down in Alvin. The cruise website, designed for high schoolers, is here.
EDIT: Jesus, I just heard from a member of the crew that the sub was condemned by Nav Sea. I would be one of the last who went down...
EDIT 2: Apparently it isn't a big deal.
In 1965, the research submersible DSV Alvin spotted a living Plesiosaur
Here was the Navy officer's (Marvin McCamis) summary of the encounter;
"...I was astonished to see a thick body with flippers, a long neck, a snakelike head with two eyes looking right at us. It looked like a big lizard with flippers - it had two sets of them. Then it swam upwards with its back turned before we could get the cameras angled. They were set to photograph 15 to 25 feet in front of the submarine and the thing had already swum out of the camera angle but was still around."
This sighting by Captain Marvin McCamis, while accompanied by Captain Bill Rainnie, stands out. Both were in the famous deep-sea submersible, Alvin on July, 1965. Sent down to check on the listening array Artemis, they were in in a very deep area in the Bahamas, known as the Tongue of the Ocean. According to McCamis, the submersible was already about 1500 meters (5000 feet) underwater, when they descended another 90 meters, (300 feet) following a cable that spanned a crevasse. Noticing movement, McCamis first thought that the sub was drifting along the cable, but realized that it was the object that was moving. Swinging around the submersible in an arc, he observed what he first thought was a utility pole. In Charles Berlitz's "Without a Trace," an overall collection of strange encounters in the "Bermuda Triangle" area, he describes his encounter, which visually, sounds like a plesiosaur, an extinct marine reptile commonly used as an explanation for sea monster sightings.
Mardis also mentioned to me that he had sent McCamis illustrations of plesiosaurs, as well as the popular depiction of the Loch Ness monster. McCamis stated that they looked similar to the creature he had seen.
It seems that even after 66 million years, the Plesiosaur has not evolved. Why is this?
The funeral director was asking us what we think Mum should wear in her casket.
Mum always loved to wear sarongs (fabric wraps that go around the torso and drape downward a bit like a long skirt would), so my uncle suggested that she wear a sarong in there.
The funeral director looked a bit confused, as did some of our family members, to which my uncle added:
"What's sarong with that?"
I started laughing like an idiot. He was proud of it too. The funeral director was rather shocked. We assured her, and our more proper relatives, that Mum would've absolutely loved the joke (which is very true).
His delivery was perfect. I'll never forget the risk he took. We sometimes recall the moment as a way help cushion the blows of the grieving process.
--Edit-- I appreciate the condolences. I'm doing well and the worst is behind me and my family. But thanks :)
--Edit-- Massive thanks for all the awards and kind words. And the puns! Love 'em.
I would have a daughter
Capital of Ireland
It's Dublin everyday
But Bill kept the Windows
True story; it even happened last night. My 5-year-old son walks up behind me and out of the blue says, "hey."
I turn to him and say, "yeah, kiddo? What's up?"
He responds, "it's dead grass."
I'm really confused and trying to figure out what's wrong and what he wants from me. "What? There's dead grass? What's wrong with that?"
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He says, totally straight-faced, "hay is dead grass," and runs off.
You officially hit rock bottom
And then you will all be sorry.
Now it’s syncing.
He replied, "Well, stop going to those places then!"
I will find you. You have my Word.
She said how do you know he was headed to work?
http://m.imgur.com/ImM3RWz
“thank you for your cervix.”
...sails are going through the roof.
Made me smile
Mods said I'm a cereal reposter...
A taxi
In 1965, the research submersible DSV Alvin spotted a living Plesiosaur
Here was the Navy officer's (Marvin McCamis) summary of the encounter;
"...I was astonished to see a thick body with flippers, a long neck, a snakelike head with two eyes looking right at us. It looked like a big lizard with flippers - it had two sets of them. Then it swam upwards with its back turned before we could get the cameras angled. They were set to photograph 15 to 25 feet in front of the submarine and the thing had already swum out of the camera angle but was still around."
This sighting by Captain Marvin McCamis, while accompanied by Captain Bill Rainnie, stands out. Both were in the famous deep-sea submersible, Alvin on July, 1965. Sent down to check on the listening array Artemis, they were in in a very deep area in the Bahamas, known as the Tongue of the Ocean. According to McCamis, the submersible was already about 1500 meters (5000 feet) underwater, when they descended another 90 meters, (300 feet) following a cable that spanned a crevasse. Noticing movement, McCamis first thought that the sub was drifting along the cable, but realized that it was the object that was moving. Swinging around the submersible in an arc, he observed what he first thought was a utility pole. In Charles Berlitz's "Without a Trace," an overall collection of strange encounters in the "Bermuda Triangle" area, he describes his encounter, which visually, sounds like a plesiosaur, an extinct marine reptile commonly used as an explanation for sea monster sightings.
Mardis also mentioned to me that he had sent McCamis illustrations of plesiosaurs, as well as the popular depiction of the Loch Ness monster. McCamis stated that they looked similar to the creature he had seen.
It seems that even after 66 million years, the Plesiosaur has not evolved. Why is this?
