Deep Scope 2004: ’New Species’ of Squid

In August 2005, a very large squid was caught on film deep in the Gulf of Mexico. A one-of-a-kind technology, called the Eye-in-the-Sea, captured the giant lurking in front of the Eye-in-the-Sea’s red light cameras over 1,600 feet below the ocean surface. The event was triggered by a bioluminescence (light) sensor that turned the camera on, capturing a few seconds of the deepwater predator before it swam away. This marked the first time a squid had ever been filmed by this unobtrusive observation tool. St