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specializing in the Maya of the lowlands, Pre- Columbian and Post Classic Mayan historians, experts specializing in the Codices and Popol Vuh, Mayan gods, agriculture, hieroglyphs and the everyday life of the people, to ocean management and invasive species researchers, hydrothermal vent and vent ecosystems researchers, marine biologists, oceanographers, free divers and so much more. Ryan and I both love research, it's something that is naturally a part of the way we have always worked together. Another important piece of the Production Design was how the camera told the story, and how we would use darkness and light in the ocean environments. The Talokanil are five hundred years separated from their Mayan ancestors who went into the ocean. In 1571, they left behind their homes and way of life to save themselves from the Spanish conquistadors, who brought disease, slavery and death. Over time, the Talokanil were forced farther and farther away from the shores they knew into the depths of the ocean to avoid human encroachment and exploration of the ocean. They migrated to the Atlantic Ocean, settling in the Puerto Rican trench, a thousand miles off the coast of Puerto Rico. Having spent five centuries in the ocean, their way of life became a subtle integration of memory and evolution. D C. NAMOR'S BIRTH. PRODUCTION STILL. D. VISITORS' QUARTERS CENOTE. PLANS AND ELEVATIONS BY TIM CROSHAW. E. VISITORS' QUARTERS CENOTE. PRODUCTION STILL. C E