Posted by CalDiver on March 22, 2001 at 17:38:05:
In Reply to: Journey into Amazing Caves @ Imax posted by jr gordon on March 22, 2001 at 16:17:57:
Len Bucko, one of the Course Directors associated with Dive N Surf here in Redondo and with Aquanauts in the Yucatan, presented his personal slides from the making of that IMAX film, last night at the Dive N Surf club meeting. Truly breathtaking stuff, and it was a lot of fun getting the inside scoop on how Len and crew pulled off the engineering feats associated with traipsing through the Yucatan jungle, sometimes rappelling into the cenotes, and piecing together a coherent film shot in increments of 3 minutes of raw footage per 10-pound 70 mm film magazine.
BTW from what I understand, they had to cave-certify that biologist, fearless though she was, from either a basic OW or an AOW level, and she did a great job considering the time available.
I just dove in those cenotes for the first time last week, and was stunned by their beauty. Check out Aquanauts sometime, http://www.caribbeansol.com/Aquanauts/cavecavern.html