Visitors to the Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi now have a rare opportunity to see some of the hidden underwater wonders in the region.
Experts used powerful cameras to film videos of life deep in the region's waters, before turning the footage into a digital experience that allows users to feel like they are diving deep under the sea.
They found plants and animals that were not previously not known to be in Gulf waters, including a species of shark.
The virtual submersible experience, called the OceanX Portal, will be open at the museum until December 2026.
It was launched in partnership with non-profit ocean exploration initiative OceanX and New York University Abu Dhabi.
The National spoke with OceanX founder and co-chief executive Mark Dalio and John Burt, professor of biology at NYUAD and co-director of the Mubadala Arabian Centre for Climate and Environmental Sciences, to know more about the programme putting the region's marine
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