Robert Ballard-exploring the oceans

When Mr. Ballard was talking about the ocean and all that still has to be discovered, you could tell he was passionate about it. The excitement of it all was bursting out of him like he was a little kid on Christmas morning. The amount of discovering still to be done on our own planet is amazing and you can tell that Robert Ballard can't wait for kids to get interested in this as much as they are interested in space. He was talking about the deep ocean and his robotic machine with such energy that anyone can see that he looks forward to going to work every day even though it takes him a while to get down to the deep ocean. Ballard was right when he was saying how none of this is in our textbooks because in Biology class, my teacher had just figured out about the thermal vents on the ocean floor and everyone could tell she was having the time of her life learning something new. In science, new things are constantly being discovered which means that there is a world of possibilities out there. Hearing about how the Black Sea doesn't have any oxygen in it, and how the bodies and artifacts down there are perfectly preserved just makes me want to learn more and see those precious objects. The way Robert Ballard talked about the ocean only leaves me wanting to hear more.