A Man Spent 100 Days Underwater, Setting a World Record

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Did you hear about the guy who spent 100 days underwater? His name is Dr. Joseph Dituri, and he just set a world record by living underwater for that long! He stayed in a special underwater lodge 30 feet below the surface in Florida. He wasn’t just hanging out, though—he was studying how living in those conditions affects the human body. It’s like being an underwater astronaut! After 100 days, he came back up with some really interesting findings and a new world record. And it's not the only wild thing people do for science!  Animation is created by Bright Side. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music from TheSoul Sound: https://thesoul-sound.com/   Check our Bright Side podcast on Spotify and leave a positive review! https://open.spotify.com/show/0hUkPxD34jRLrMrJux4VxV   Subscribe to Bright Side: https://goo.gl/rQTJZz ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Our Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brightside Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brightside.official TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@brightside.official?lang=en   Stock materials (photos, footages and other): https://www.depositphotos.com https://www.shutterstock.com https://www.eastnews.ru ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  For more videos and articles visit: http://www.brightside.me  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This video is made for entertainment purposes. We do not make any warranties about the completeness, safety and reliability. Any action you take upon the information in this video is strictly at your own risk, and we will not be liable for any damages or losses. It is the viewer's responsibility to use judgement, care and precaution if you plan to replicate.

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00:00Let's talk about some deep stuff, shall we?

00:03A scientist spent 100 days below the surface of the Atlantic Ocean.

00:07Dr. Joseph Dutourie, or Dr. Deep Sea as he likes to call himself, was living underwater

00:12as part of Project Neptune 100.

00:16After 74 days of the mission, he officially set a new Guinness World Record for the longest

00:21time living in an underwater fixed habitat.

00:24But he didn't leave the experiment and stayed the plan 14 weeks.

00:28You can test yourself and stay in the exact same place where Dutourie lived.

00:32It's called Jules' Undersea Lodge after Jules Verne, author of 20,000 Leagues Under

00:38the Sea.

00:40The idea of Project Neptune 100 is to study how pressure affects humans, both physiologically

00:46and psychologically.

00:47Dr. Deep Sea, who is a biomedical engineer and associate professor at the University

00:52of South Florida, stayed so long underwater to see if increased pressure can help humans

00:58live longer and prevent health problems that come with old age.

01:02From day one of the mission, Dutourie actively shared what was going on on social media.

01:07He mentioned that another important goal for him was to inspire scientists from different

01:11generations to study life undersea.

01:14It was quite different from living on a submarine.

01:17Subs are sealed when they go underwater and have sea-level pressure, so people on it don't

01:22feel an enormous difference in pressure, even deep down.

01:25Dutourie's underwater home didn't have any solid hatches or airlocks between the

01:30ocean and the living space.

01:31It was like a glass of water turned upside down and pushed into a sink full of water.

01:37There was still a pocket of air at the top of the living space and a pool of water on

01:41the floor of one room coming from the ocean.

01:44So the air inside the lodge was squeezed by the ocean's weight and was about twice higher

01:49than on land.

01:51There isn't much research on what happens when we're exposed to hyperbaric pressure

01:55for a long time.

01:56There's only some data from submariners.

01:59Even after just 2 months under the sea, they had disturbed sleep patterns and problems

02:03with the levels of certain hormones that had to do with sleep.

02:07They also lost bone and muscle mass.

02:09Our bodies are built for sea-level conditions, but as pressure mounts, hydrogen sneaks into

02:15our bloodstream, causing chaos.

02:17Between 30 and 100 feet down, you might feel some euphoria, but dive deeper, and you'll

02:23feel like you've hit the bar too hard.

02:26Scientists think it has something to do with messed-up signals between neurons in our brains.

02:30Luckily for de Ture, he was only staying 30 feet deep, so it wasn't an issue.

02:36Still, he only got half the amount of sunlight we're used to on land, and not nearly the

02:40same amount of vitamin C.

02:43During the 100 days of the experiment, the scientist collected data, collaborated with

02:48other researchers, virtually taught a biomedical engineering course at his university, and

02:54reached out to thousands of students from different countries online.

02:57He stayed in the 2-bedroom apartment 30 feet below the surface of a lagoon in Key Largo,

03:02Florida.

03:03It's attached to the seabed by leg structures.

03:06There are three windows with a direct ocean view and some marine life outside.

03:10There's a command center that keeps oxygen, water, and power levels under control.

03:15An AC keeps the temperature comfortable, and a chef dives in to cook meals for whoever

03:20stays inside.

03:22When he was done with his mission, Dr. de Ture got back on the surface.

03:26His family and friends, the media, and many fans who were following his work online were

03:30waiting for him.

03:31He's now 55 years old, and he claims that living underwater has made him feel 10 years

03:37younger.

03:38The doctors who greeted him and the results of the tests they ran on him have demonstrated

03:42the anti-aging effect.

03:44Dr. Deepsea noticed some improvement in his sleep and metabolism.

03:48He also noted that his body had shrunk by a half an inch.

03:52He doesn't plan to stop his studies of how isolated environments affect humans.

03:56He's going to take a flight on a modified airliner where you can experience zero gravity

04:01multiple times.

04:02It's the next step to his dream of becoming a civilian astronaut and traveling into space

04:07by 2026.

04:10Meanwhile, Tim Yarrow in South Africa went even further and spent an impressive 10 days

04:16in the water, inside a tank at a shopping mall.

04:19He broke a world record, but his goal was just to find out what would happen to him.

04:24At the end of the experiment, his hands looked absolutely terrible.

04:29People who helped him fed Yarrow through a tube, and all his waste went out of the tank

04:33through a different tube.

04:34Good thing.

04:35Tim managed to survive the experiment, but he said he wouldn't like to do it again.

04:40Tim, a British biologist, explained that if he had stayed underwater longer, his skin

04:45would've broken down, and he would've gotten seriously ill.

04:49Luckily for Yarrow, his hands went back to normal after a while, and he didn't get

04:53any permanent injuries from this weird experience.

04:57If you're looking for more comfortable accommodations under the sea, you might want to stay at the

05:01world's first and most expensive underwater hotel in the Maldives.

05:07Guests of the Maraca Hotel wake up surrounded by the Indian Ocean, with bright coral reefs

05:12and exotic marine life.

05:14This luxurious suite was designed by top architects from New York and the Maldives.

05:19It's a two-story construction with an upper level that has spacious bedrooms, a sun deck,

05:24and an infinity pool.

05:26The lower level is submerged over 16 feet below sea level.

05:30Guests of the Maraca get the Royal Treatment, which includes private butler and chef services,

05:35complimentary jet skis, on-call massage and spa treatments, and cooking dishes with chefs.

05:41But before you start packing to the Maldives for your unique underwater experience, you

05:46must know it all costs almost $14,000 per night.

05:51One of the most exciting things humans have ever found underwater is the Yanaguni Monument

05:56off the coast of Japan.

05:58This structure is the closest we've ever been to finding Atlantis, and still one of the

06:03world's biggest mysteries.

06:05In 1986, a diver was looking for hammerhead sharks not far away from Yanagumi Island.

06:11He noticed a huge, unusual structure in the shallow water that resembled a pyramid with

06:16multiple steps or layers leading to the top with clear symmetrical edges, angles, and

06:22even steps.

06:23As it turned out later, it was made of shale and sandstone 20 million years old.

06:28No one knows how the construction got there in the first place, but one researcher is

06:32sure that humans built it 10,000 years ago and was part of the lost continent of Mu.

06:39This mythical continent, something like the Atlantis of the Pacific, was destroyed by

06:43a huge earthquake or hurricane and went under the sea.

06:47Its survivors moved across the Earth and found civilizations, including the ancient Egyptians

06:52and Maya.

06:53Academics often say this theory is nothing but a fairy tale, but the scientist who proposed

06:59it says only humans could have carved such straight lines, sharp corners, steps, avenues,

07:05and even statues that look like animals.

07:07Since earthquakes happen so often in Japan, the construction could have gone from the

07:11ground into the sea.

07:14The more widely accepted theory is that the monument is a work of nature.

07:18It explains the amazing symmetry with well-defined parallel bedding planes along which the layers

07:24easily separate.

07:25You can find similar 90-degree angles occurring in sandstone when erosion takes place.

07:31The area's naturally strong currents could also have shaped it.

07:34It's possible that over thousands of years, major tectonic activity could have fractured

07:39the sandstone into geometric patterns.

07:42During the Miocene period, tectonic activity collected vast amounts of sandstone in the

07:47area.

07:48Geologists think the monument could be part of a much larger underlying rock from this

07:52event.

07:53And earthquakes that often happen here have shaped the rocks into what they look like

07:58now.

07:59That's it for today!

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