well, antonia juhasz joins us now to describe what she saw.report is in the new issue of harpers magazine is titled, "thirty million gallons under the sea: following the trail of bp's oil in the gulf of mexico." she's also author of, "black tide: the devastating impact of the gulf oil spill." welcome back to democracy now! what did you see? how did you do this? >> a pleasure to be here. it was an amazing adventure, to say the least. the alvin submarine celebrated its 50th anniversary last year incredibly important -- the first in the last human occupied summering still available for research on a so it is an incredible experience to be able to go down in it. and dr. samantha joy, one of the leading experts on oil and gas in the gulf of mexico who has led the research, looking at the impact of the bp disaster, was my guide with our pilot bob waters, who is both an engineer and a pilot so that is good. within two miles of the site of the blowout, which is as close as you can get. the wreckage of the deepwater horizon is still there. it took two