Multimedia Collection
A New View of Oregon: Offshore Underwater
DVD
50 min
2005
GC84.2 .O7 N49 2005 DVD
This DVD presents a visually and scientifically exciting perspective on a part of our world that has never been visualized quite this way before. On this disk you'll discover
- Animated, computerized flyovers of the nearshore Oregon continental margin and offshore Oregon in its northeast Pacific setting
- A detailed, animated flyover of the Astoria Canyon, a fascinating section of the Oregon margin
- A real underwater video view of part of the Astoria Canyon
- A video glimpse of another unusual part of the margin near Newport that shows the venting of methane gas out of the ocean floor
- An interview with Chris Goldfinger, the Oregon State University researcher who develops flyovers, discussing their creation and use
- And a special bonus: "Astoria Canyon," a half-hour special presentation of Oregon Public Broadcasting's Oregon Field Guide
Distributed by Oregon State University.
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