The Undersea Voyager Project: Submarine Dives Fallen Leaf Lake, Tahoe
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8 жыл бұрынThe Undersea Voyager Project explores the depth of Fallen Leaf Lake near South Lake Tahoe, California. It is here that ancient trees, thousands of years old and still standing up to 100 feet tall stand upright from the bottom of the lake. Read the full story on this mission and more at californiadiver.com/solving-a-...
For more information and to learn more about future missions, visit UnderseaVoyagerProject.org. The Undersea Voyager Project is volunteer-based and always looking for more volunteers, contributors, and donors to support future missions.
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@Druidwil 3 жыл бұрын
I worked at the marina at fallen leaf and was there the day they did this dive. It was so cool to see it out there 🤘🏼
@ABQRT 3 жыл бұрын
Lived in Tahoe 46 years, worked at Barton hospital and also plowed snow for El Dorado county DOT. One Season I spent 3 shifts opening the road covered with 3-4 feet of packed snow, from the gate all the way back to Stanford Camp. Knew many of the old timers and their stories. Back in the 1970's they recovered a steam powered launch from Fallen Leaf took it to the Bay Area and I heard they only had to replace a few fittings on the steam engine and cosmetics to put it back into service down there.
@shantytownshipwright7334 3 жыл бұрын
I miss Tahoe, I used to have a boat in a slip at fallen leaf lake. I’ve caught some really big fish in that lake!
@DROPSHIPCAPTAIN 4 жыл бұрын
More diving in the lake please!!!(; Be careful about the caves
@randygoldman2441 3 жыл бұрын
This mans story is just simply amazing. The most interesting person I've ever met and his wife is well.
@xNeonStormz 8 жыл бұрын
I was raised for most of my life in South Tahoe, and I've always hoped more people would take interest in exploring the Lake. I hope one day we can have video of the deepest depths of Tahoe.
@DH-qo1jg 3 жыл бұрын
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@poopymcgee 2 жыл бұрын
Rest assured, the bottom is well mapped. The fact that it's not broadcasted information let's us know how interesting it is.
@randygoldman2441 3 жыл бұрын
Scott Cassel you are the man! I pray your health is well. I'll never forget what an honor it was to work on your projects with you. Randy formerly Carl's welding service Napa ca
@lisalee2885 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this exploration 😁👍 Its very cool and I don't care if your science is spot on accurate....I enjoy the efforts and what we do see 😁🇺🇸👍
@T_bone 3 жыл бұрын
It is definitely VERY challenging to even free dive at that altitude.
@marktwain368 6 жыл бұрын
Marvellous video, Scott, and a noble purpose to share underwater worlds with all of us. Thanks so much!
@tobeymalone3436 11 ай бұрын
Fallen Leaf lake really is an especially gorgeous place to be, I've been coming there every summer my entire life, it's an honor and privilege to be amongst that kind of natural beauty
@nightfall22 7 жыл бұрын
insane! I want to see more of this! They need to make a youtube page and just post videos of every voyage. I know I am not the only one that would love to watch them. Underwater environments interest me since I cannot really swim and would never see this kind of stuff on my own. Thanx for posting this video. Loved it!
@californiadivermagazine7907 7 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for the comment. The Undersea Voyager Project has some very exciting adventures coming up in 2017 and a new 2-man submarine as well. Stay tuned - there is definitely more to come!
@zaya.916 5 жыл бұрын
California Diver Magazine what happened to you guys ? Did you guys stop posting for a reason I’d love to see y’all dive Lake Tahoe at south shore
@davekat4680 3 жыл бұрын
Nice Sub ... been there several times back in the day. Love to have a cabin and dock / slip there. Beautiful 😎
@Stroopwaffe1 Жыл бұрын
Came for the spectacular underwater vistas, Saw a bloke waffling on for 4 mins.
@Herbie11 Жыл бұрын
Same!
@Matterian 11 ай бұрын
I used to swim in this lake in the early 70s when I was a kid during the summers. The water was always warm till about 5 feet.
@hughjaass3787 3 жыл бұрын
Awesome!!! Keep it up!!
@stuart7337 10 ай бұрын
very cool, loved hiking around the area
@LostAnFound 2 жыл бұрын
I remember reading about the discovery of some enormous single-cell organisms in Fallen Leaf Lake in a science publication around 2004. Can’t find anything about it now.
@BambuSouljaBlessUP 3 жыл бұрын
very very cool ! thank you !
@joshualepell8267 Жыл бұрын
Well done!
@joehartman5543 4 жыл бұрын
Didn’t Joque Coustoe say that “the world is not ready for what’s at the bottom of Lake Tahoe” or am I trippin?
@iam7712 4 жыл бұрын
Yes he said it but what did he mean?
@ihazfoxy 3 жыл бұрын
@@iam7712 most likely ment what he could see the world isn't ready for since that we've found the forest we found a underwater trail then there's the supposed underwater river system from tahoe to pyramid lake then there the over 200 estimated bodies then tessie and Mingo the elephant its just crazy down there
@WesleyHarcourtSTEAMandMORE 3 жыл бұрын
Myth
@lisalee2885 3 жыл бұрын
Yes I heard the history of missing Chinese from Mary Greeley 😁👍🇺🇸 Very interesting stories...Let's find the truth 👍🇺🇸👍🇺🇸
@littlehoomansadventure8071 11 ай бұрын
Yes yes he did. But it's because there's dead bodies from the mafia throwing them in amd Chinese rail rode workers
@masterspin7796 3 жыл бұрын
Cool!...I want to see some more..
@steven2212 5 жыл бұрын
Deepest depth reached? Really cool.
@diveguy1 2 жыл бұрын
About 450 feet max. depth in the sub.
@fbiagent2079 4 жыл бұрын
That was an amazing video thank you for sharing can’t wait to see more
@plat6152 4 жыл бұрын
FBI Agent why is it always you and justsomebigfootwithinternetacces that pop up in EVERY video I watch
@drophammer776 3 жыл бұрын
@@plat6152 Your being watched
@chastibarna6931 4 жыл бұрын
Precioso, emocionante!
@gavincurtis 2 жыл бұрын
You ever find whatever it is at the bottom of Lake Tahoe the made Jacque Cousteau nervously exclaim "The world is not ready for what is down there!" when he explored???
@Davidevgen 7 жыл бұрын
ive seen you guys and your submarine out in fallen leaf lake :P i go up there for hikes to grass lake.
@Eli-kl6xq 5 жыл бұрын
Grass Lake is gorgeous! I love Angora as well.
@geot4647 3 жыл бұрын
How far offshore was that discarded stove? They ought to haul it up and trace it somehow.
@nancysmith9487 3 жыл бұрын
Pretty cool piece of equipment. Found a boulder, a stove hopefully next time we could enjoy some dinner. Old boat, maybe from pioneers. Pillars with steel cables maybe from mining and western days and beyond... Happy travels to 50 leagues under the sea (lake)
@california199_7 2 жыл бұрын
I’m here at Lake Tahoe good weather snow melting and sunny
@farleymusclewhite411 14 күн бұрын
I could be wrong but I remember Tahoe and Fallen Leaf as having crystal clear water (back in the 60s). These images show very cloudy water. I was surprised. Is the water clarity degrading?
@jessicasmith7102 3 жыл бұрын
This is fantastic! More videos, please! I have waited most of my life to see this. The elders warned us about the dead bodies. Do the deepest part of Lake Tahoe by Crystal Bay.
@lisalee2885 3 жыл бұрын
I agree...More! More! 😁😁 I heard about the bodies too!
@jessicasmith7102 3 жыл бұрын
I bet, you would not be able to get permission!
@jessicasmith7102 3 жыл бұрын
The underwater climate is anaerobic way down deep, so maybe without much oxygen, the bodies don't decompose? Really good scary stories stuff to freak out tiny children before bedtime. I also, was told that Jacques Cousteau wasn't able to keep the footage of what was found below. As the tall tale goes: he said that, ”The world isn't ready for what's below." Sounds like a good mysterious script to mE!
@lisalee2885 3 жыл бұрын
@@jessicasmith7102 it just sounds so intriguing and part of history and I wish Jacque Cousteau's footage were here. I watched him as a kid. Plus I'd like to see what its like at the bottom. I'm also fascinated with sink holes, Lol! Like I want to know where's the bottom, what's down there 😁🇺🇸😁
@jessicasmith7102 3 жыл бұрын
The elders, said that there were many ”party boats," a long time ago. The Robber Barons, back in the day, didn't want to pay their workers, because they lost their greedy minds. Poor Chaps! The Chinese railroad workers were lured onto the boats for a payment party booze cruise. As the story goes, they were fed and liquored up, and then either dumped overboard, or they lit the boats on fire. Either way they died. Yeah, it's quite the bedtime story.
@BHARGAV_GAJJAR 3 жыл бұрын
Nice goals 👌 you should also put a video out just showing the submarine and it's features like robot arm
@CraigLumpyLemke 3 жыл бұрын
Is there somewhere we can learn about your vehicle's systems? 300 ft for 10 hrs under power. That sounds like some good engineering.
@howing13 3 күн бұрын
Interesting
@Ivyglasgow 2 жыл бұрын
Cool sub and it kinda looks like a Dalek!
@supernaturalflavor 2 жыл бұрын
Awesome program. Hope that they include girls and help girls deal with misogyny even as children when doing their science and technology programs. There will always be misogyny in a girl's life, even as a child. Learning to deal with it constructively is the only way to really change culture. Boys will learn misogyny from the media, their parents, etc... so giving girls the right attitude to deal with it is the best way.
@ThinkHarderr 3 жыл бұрын
Nope they grew there and the rocks are from the roots holding them together
@karlthediver 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@ThinkHarderr 3 жыл бұрын
@@karlthediver you’re welcome I learned that in my archaeology class this semester
@WesleyHarcourtSTEAMandMORE 3 жыл бұрын
It hard to say without ground penetrating radar and more through excavation around the base of the trees, as well as assessment by foresters/botanists/arborists who's specialties are plants, tress and their associated systems to make an accurate conclusion on how the trees found themselves there... The porosity at the moraine at the north end of the lake, the proven protracted lower level of Tahoe (along with sunken trees which DID grow where they are), and the root balls of the Fallen Leaf trees laying at the same elevation (above sea level) indicate the trees likely grew there... But like stated before, without rigorous inspection and peer review (taking our own bias/desire out of the picture) it is all conjecture. Definitely a dangerous president to set teaching on a subject that hasn't been rigorously reviewed and teaching it as fact.
@karlthediver 3 жыл бұрын
@@WesleyHarcourtSTEAMandMORE How about actual researchers? www.unr.edu/nevada-today/news/2012/sierra-megadrought-fallen-leaf-lake
@ThinkHarderr 3 жыл бұрын
@@karlthediver thank you 🙌🏻 I actually attend UNR !
@roughcut2Lock 5 жыл бұрын
Nice space suit
@N.California Жыл бұрын
If you could add a link to the watch company it would be great, thank you.
@ZYXWVUQ992Q Жыл бұрын
How deep of water were you in at the beginning of the video where you surfaced ?
@idratherfly2000 3 жыл бұрын
The rocks are digesting trees! Ahhhhhhhh!
@davidboultinghouse3332 2 жыл бұрын
Do you ocean dive also ?
@mtbalpinecounty 3 жыл бұрын
💪
@WilkinsonX Жыл бұрын
Does the submarine have torpedos?
@homersimpson6176 2 жыл бұрын
can you diver lake mead ?
@zoesdada8923 6 жыл бұрын
Ten hours?!
@danielribera2484 Жыл бұрын
You are very lucky to live in America and be able to do projects. In Spain it is not possible. If someone makes a minibubmarine, it would be quite impossible to take it to the water; the fine would be huge. Just one example of how repression is here, a truck driver was fined €240 while he was driving his truck just for scratching his back with a fork because he couldn't with his hand. I would like to do submarine projects and I dream of it; but impossible to do anything without being fined or put in jail. Congratulations on your dreams come true.
@Devo1987 Жыл бұрын
other lakes ?
@richardturner6981 6 жыл бұрын
300 feet for 10 hours? WOW! Where can i get the plans?
@diveguy1 2 жыл бұрын
10 hours would be max. based on air supply and battery power. Most dives are 1-3 hours in length.
@chrisserfass8635 3 жыл бұрын
How deep can this sub dive?
@diveguy1 2 жыл бұрын
About 450 feet max, within a substantial safety margin.
@norml.hugh-mann 3 жыл бұрын
Money to burn...but well spent... Dive tables compensate for altitude, and its not that cold...but you would only have minutes on SCUBA with hours in deco, and I guess its actually easier to transport subs or ROVs than a decompression chamber with 2 or 3 lister 5120s for air and a giant bank of O2 for running potential treatment tables on divers if necessary..Surface supplied heliOx would also.require a large bamk of breathing gas for diver and standvy diver.. At first i thought it was a waste to bring a sub there but your right about it being most efficiant...and entertaining
@JayB2 4 жыл бұрын
Lake Tahoe is *1645 ft* deep, and these guys only went down 250-300 ft?
@seabassisagod 4 жыл бұрын
Jay B ikr!
@jareddoran6605 4 жыл бұрын
this is Fallen Leaf Lake, not Lake Tahoe
@mentallyilldarkjeroid5378 6 жыл бұрын
People need to buy my "Impact" a James Grider novel on Amazon so I can afford to move out of the desert into a forested area like that. It would be droll if this guy got caught in a Dirk Pitt-type submarine trouble.
@blipco5 6 жыл бұрын
Clive Cussler lost the plot ages ago. His first half dozen books were good then he went downhill...quickly (I said sardonically).
@ddhu5396 Жыл бұрын
Barely any actual footage of the dive. Says they are over 5000 feet which is technically true but it is actually over 6000 feet. His statements about the trees don't ring true, those clearly grew there. What could have been a neat super long video of just underwater footage was instead a weird infomercial filled with incorrect information.
@FrankieOnWeedIn420p 4 жыл бұрын
3:42 that looks like a dead body
@markomclane475 3 жыл бұрын
Where?
@psmith7781 3 жыл бұрын
Maybe its Fredo ;)
@ronjohnson9507 3 жыл бұрын
Could be Jimmy Hoffa
@edwardleroy8435 Ай бұрын
Where are the fishes 🐟 😕
@future_me_6067 4 ай бұрын
Not much tree action.
@tralfazz7579 3 жыл бұрын
I feel like I just watched an infomercial.
@justaguy6100 3 жыл бұрын
This sounds like a great project, and getting information about your group is interesting. However it was a LOT more about your group and project than findings. And that frustrated me. PADI Advanced Open Water diver.
@loopi222 6 жыл бұрын
You've been replaced by a $150 chart plotter/sounder
@petemitchell6788 3 жыл бұрын
No need for that silly flight suit. Self indulgent piece of kit.
@nobody687 3 жыл бұрын
One thing that he left out thats important, he mentioned that there's rumors of pioneer and native American bodies in the lake, which is probably true, water that deep n cold dont give up their dead, but he didn't mention the horrible fact that there are hundreds of bodies of Chinese people who were intentionally drowned in the lake , seems the railroad didn't want to pay them so they placed them in boats chained them together and took them too the middle of the lake and pushed them overboard, its not a lake with a good history.
@karlthediver 3 жыл бұрын
Flat out lies about diving these trees for decades, and he's 100% wrong about the trees. Source: I work with the actual university researchers.
@bobkershaw3917 3 жыл бұрын
Just because you see something and conjure up an explanation doesn't mean you're right. You could certainly be right about the landslide, but not for the reasons you pretend. You're doing a disservice to science and the people who devoted their lives to science and analyzed that lake using scientific methods to draw their conclusions. I get that exploring like that is fun and all, but you haven't proven anything. There could be plenty of other explanations for those rocks. For example, there could've been a megadrought AND a landslide that displaced some rocks/trees. The rocks could've been there all along, and it's not uncommon for trees to fall over, exposing their roots and disturbing the soil & rocks even when they're above ground, without any landslides or anything. There even appear to be rocks in that little sunken boat, which ended up there well after any events that led to the trees being there. What you're claiming is far from science. It's very similar to the awfully bad logic that we see many anti-vaxxers and conspiracy theorists espousing these days. if you want to teach diving & exploration to kids or whatever that's fine, just say "this would be an interesting thing to study further" rather than just jumping to bad conclusions and discarding the hard science so willy nilly. "...and the rocks had digested away the roots" - wtf is that even supposed to mean?
@WesleyHarcourtSTEAMandMORE 3 жыл бұрын
A lot of the little sunken boats in Fallen Leaf Lake were Scuttled by filling with rocks. It is hard to say without ground penetrating radar and more through excavation around the base of the trees, as well as assessment by foresters/botanists/arborists who's specialties are plants, tress and their associated systems to make an accurate conclusion on how the trees found themselves there... The porosity at the moraine at the north end of the lake, the proven protracted lower level of Tahoe (along with sunken trees which DID grow where they are), and the root balls of the Fallen Leaf trees laying at the same elevation (above sea level) indicate the trees likely grew there... But like stated before, without rigorous inspection and peer review (taking our own bias/desire out of the picture) it is all conjecture. By 'digested' I think he meant consumed or broken. It appears a lot of the very large roots have been broken which would be a tall order for regular wave action on the west shore of Fallen Leaf Lake (wind and regular currents don't come into alignment there and waves rarely if ever reach 3' high on that part of the shore, not to say conditions couldn't have been different then.) Additionally, regular wave action on roots in the near shore zone usually display a lot more weathering/erosion rather than clean breaks. Plenty of examples today all along the shore of Fallen Leaf Lake.
@brandonhill2183 2 жыл бұрын
I was with you until you had to drag your hatred of anti vaxxers into the conversation. The anti mandate people and people who are hesitant of this new vaccine gave been more correct than pro mandate or pro Vax. Please just stick to a topic and leave subjectivity out of it
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