France Television follows in the footsteps of Jules Verne, a friend of scientists

150 years since the publication of Jules Verne’s novelHas science really discovered the abyss of our world?

Jules Verne, scientific author

By visiting the locations that Verne photographed in one of his most famous adventures, the film brings to life the images and descriptions from the novel. It appears that Verne, with His avant-garde visionIt has stimulated a large number of researchers around the world. The latter continued his ambition to uncover the secrets of the Earth’s structure.

Exploration begins in Iceland, where… Geologist Violin Sutter He encounters Sniffles Volcano, Verne’s imagined access point for his earthly immersion. On the site, you study the foundations of our Earth and its minerals, which the author has brilliantly detailed. What he did not know, but what science has revealed, is that some of them, such as diamonds, contain traces of the Earth’s cover, located at a depth of more than 3,000 kilometers below the surface.

In Oman, another geologist, Benoit Ildefons, searches landscapes and reliefs for signs that reveal the Earth’s cover. Modern researchers pay close attention to it. To their great surprise, they discovered A Unpredictable life and even water in a certain formIt’s surprisingly reminiscent of certain scenes from Verne’s book.

Dozens of other scientists You will interfere In this documentary: Thorvaldur Thordarsson (volcanologist, University of Iceland), Mathilde Canat (geochemist, Institut Physique de Paris, CNRS), Kai-Uwe Henrix (geochemist, University of Bremen), Denis Andreault (geophysicist) , CNRS), Nathalie Polvan-Casanova (geochemist, CNRS Research Director, Clermont Auvergne University), Hélène Perrault (mineralogist, MNHN Research Director), Bénédicte Menez (microbiologist Geologist, Institute of Physics of the Globe de Paris), Emmanuelle Girard (geological microbiologist, Institute of Physics) Paris scientist), Jean-Paul Montagnier (seismologist), Mohamed Mezouar (physicist), Giuseppe Salerno (volcanologist), Stéphane Javet ( Director of the underground laboratory at Bass Pruitt.

I will show it Verne’s cultural and scientific influence lives onWhile technological advances provide experts with innovative tools to continue their journey, thus enriching our understanding of the Earth.

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Journeys to the Center of the Earth, in the footsteps of Jules Verne, on France 5 on Thursday, October 12 at 9:05 pm. The documentary was written and directed by Véronique Breault, based on an idea by Richard Poisson. Scientific advice was provided by Violin Sutter.

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