Arch and Bottom of Blue Hole Dahab 3D computer graphics

[48819]

Great work ! Thank You,Elena.

[seasnake321]

yea sailer65, but there are also quite good dive stories on the net too . try the myscubastory site. type myscubastory into google - its the first one from what i remember

[soydiablo]

is the sacred Truth only Available in the US?

[overseasmedia]

@soydiablo It is actually available in USA ,both in English and Russian

[15CenterMass]

This is fantastic, Great work!

as an aside William trubridge has great footage on youtube from an unassisted freedive through the arch.

[meYry12thofMay87]

I've heard of people missing the Arch, and diving deeper and deeper in hope of finding it (and that's presumably because there is no bottom as a reference). I watched the computer graphics 20 times and i still don't understand how they can miss it.. Isn't the bottom of the hole itself the reference? And if they continue descending doesn't it mean they have already passed through the Arch and entered open sea? Can someone explain? Please!!

[scareface999]

@meYry12thofMay87 maybe bad visibility (in the BH is not as gret as in the open sea), nitrogen narcosis, panic, ...

[scareface999]

@meYry12thofMay87

maybe bad visibility (it's not as great as in the open sea), nitrogen narcosis, panic, but most of all lack of enough training/experience (!)

[carvedie]

@meYry12thofMay87 My thoughts exactly! I'm confused by why people miss the arch..? I thought that it went deeper after the arch and some divers past it in the search to go through it, but from the graphics it looks like it isn't.

[marsiozo]

onyone knows when ( in what year) people discovered the arch and completely swam through it??

[overseasmedia]

@marsiozo I do, and I talk about it in my film "the Sacred Truth" It was discovered in 1967 by Alex Shell (Israeli)

[marsiozo]

@overseasmedia dear sir, could you please provide me with the link to that video 'the sacred truth' or upload it? since i cannot find it in your videos....

thanks for the answer, strangely enough i was able find MANY info on the red sea blue hole, but could not find ANY info on it's history of discovery....

[overseasmedia]

@marsiozo Please email me your postal address and contact phone number and I will send you the DVD, best regards Elena

[x7c3b]

nice vid, looks danger ! scary² but i wan't to dive there .. but i'm too scary 4 this xD

[d5kenn]

Very nice video! The top of the arch is 60m right? Is it typical for people to dive it in singles or on air?

[overseasmedia]

d5kenn: Actully the top is about 55 m deep, that was a very popular "single tank" dive site, but since many died in the Blue Hole, fotunately there is less single tank divers. BH is a dive site for tech diving.

[vidmaster75]

Where can I get the DVD of this movie?

[overseasmedia]

vidmaster75: I can get you the DVD, it' in Rssian though

[funkyalfonso]

Pretty cool video. I was so lucky to be in Dahab in 1971. Apart from a few shelters that the Bedouin used as they travelled the area, the only structure there was the lighthouse. I was so inspired by the Red Sea, that I had a 14 year career as a commercial oilfield diver. On subsequent visits over the years, as with so many other places in the world, the destruction of the marine environment seems inevitable.

[overseasmedia]

funkyalfonso: That's very true. The place as not the same as it used to be 14 years ago, unfortunately you can easily spot the signs of "decay" (environmental destruction)very sad.

[PILMAN]

Was that when Israel controlled Sinai? That sounds like it was a pretty long time ago.

[overseasmedia]

PILMAN: No,no, that was filmed in 2003

[funkyalfonso]

Hi Pilman, That's right. Nearby was a moshav that became the centre of the town, near the bus station. As you know, Dahab refers to the golden beach there...when there was a beach. Things changed in 1979 when electricity arrived. Before that, there were only camps to the landward side of the road; no cafes by the beach. I still have "the red sea diver's guide" by Shlomo Cohen from 1975. Aerial photos show Dahab...nothing there, just a few palm trees. Can you imagine Dahab pristine and silent?

[Ronhend]

very good, I wish some how you could mess with a camera to show the public what it looks like the be narced.

[overseasmedia]

Ronhend:Thanks a lot for the comment. Actually you're not getting that narced if you dive trimix!

[joljols]

I really like your video. In such a short film you should not spent this much time on fancy intro graphics I think, although I think it looks very professional! I was wondering if you made the 3d graphics yourself and how it was done? I am really amazed by this divespot.

Keep up the good work!

[overseasmedia]

joljols: Hi there, if you go to "more info" you will see that that this segment was taken out of the 23 min documentary. I didn't make the 3D graphics myself, that was SL studio that made the graphics.

[scorpioredsea96]

gr8 vid! really nic....ppl explained to me abt it nd hw dang it could be nd still i couldnt get it...but nw i do! thxxx vry much

[overseasmedia]

scorpioredsea96: Thanks you very much for the comment! I appreciate it a lot!

[scubazmei]

or even that one..

[osama2000il]

very nice,i was in dahab in the year 1994

[overseasmedia]

osama2000il: Thank you very much for the comment!

[funbytheway]

Nice..5!!

[Taxiforone]

Dude this looks awesome. I've been looking at all these videos on the subject and I am so surprised that more people aren't aware of this place and the dangers. Its scary because the computer imagery shows how easy it appears to be.

Thanks for showing me what it actually looks like. You won't catch me there anytime soon. I believe in living life to the full but sometimes there are limits to human endurance and capabilities.

[overseasmedia]

Taxiforone: Thanks a lot for your comment, I am very glad that you liked the graphics. With the right attitude and correct dive trainin the place is beautiful and enjoyable and it's quite a safe dive site if you respect it and take a serious approach towards it!

[zYm0]

very very very nice video! Very good special effects. Awesome!

[overseasmedia]

zYm0: Thanks a lot!

[savig01]

we will go it's sure

Thanks for the video

[overseasmedia]

savig01: Please don't dive it on a supply of one tank though! Dive safe! Thanks for the comment!

[quelindaes]

Fab. video!

[Wethorse]

Very nice, good video, like the graphics!

[fantaseatec]

Very nice cut, pitty that you show the animation at the end of a diver on a single tank and on air...could give some people the idea to try it!

[overseasmedia]

Hi there, this video is the "extract"from "My Abyss", the Russian TV documentary, that was about "one tank divers" fatal accidents in the Blue Hole.

[PILMAN]

what is the song?

[overseasmedia]

Buddha-Bar

[PILMAN]

Thanks, never heard of it but it seems to fit your documentary well.

[funbytheway]

I've tried to look for the song but it seems like Buddha Bar has about a hundred songs out there. Do you remember the name of the song?

[overseasmedia]

funbytheway: No, unfortunately I don't. But I have it at home, I can send it to you when I am back to USA in the end of month.

[vidmaster75]

Super!

[overseasmedia]

Thank you!!!

[bentsynth]

wow really well done.