2200 | |
Marine Resources Undersea Laboratory is open for education and public visits. |
Key Largo, FL |
2201 | |
Mar. Resources Lab entry lock is an acryllic sphere. |
Key Largo, FL |
2202 | |
EDALHAB was built and operated through an industry/academia partnership. |
1968 |
2203 | |
Bunk room of AQUARIUS, sleeps six. |
Key Largo, FL |
2204 | |
HYDROLAB home to over 700 aquanauts from 1966-1985. |
Grand Bahama Island 1966 |
2205 | |
Aquanaut enters the wet porch of AQUARIUS. |
Key Largo, FL |
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HYDROLAB in Salt River Canyon off St. Croix. |
St. Croix, USVI |
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Aquanauts deploy experiment outside HYDROLAB. |
St. Croix, USVI |
2208 | |
Wet porch entry to HYDROLAB, way station in background. |
St. Croix, USVI |
2209 | |
Aquanauts relax inside HYDROLAB; held 4 but only 3 could sleep at one time. |
St. Croix, USVI |
2210 | |
HYDROLAB scientists conducted coral reef studies not possible from the surface. |
St. Croix, USVI |
2211 | |
J. Perry, HYDROLAB builder, swims away from the lab. |
Grand Bahama Island |
2212 | |
HYDROLAB was the only habitat to operate at one atmosphere. |
Grand Bahama Island |
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In HYDROLAB's twenty years, no serious hyperbaric accidents occurred. |
Grand Bahama Island |
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During a storm, HYDROLAB once broke loose and floated 25 miles away. |
Grand Bahama Island |
2215 | |
Tank rack and gazebo deck outside AQUARIUS. |
Key Largo, FL |
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HYDROLAB's success lay in the simple design and expert support personnel. |
St. Croix, USVI |
2217 | |
Inside HYDROLAB, only 8 x 16 ft., the head (toilet) was outside. |
St. Croix, USVI |
2218 | |
HYDROLAB scientists were among the first to note die-off of the Diadema urchin. |
St. Croix, USVI |
2219 | |
EDALHAB during the FLARE project off FL used ALVIN's support ship, Lulu. |
Florida Keys 1972 |
2220 | |
AQUARIUS in 1989 -- only operational offshore habitat now dedicated to science. |
St. Croix, USVI 1989 |
2221 | |
Aquanauts excurt (saturation dive) from TEKTITE I. |
St. John, USVI 1969 |
2222 | |
HUGO underwater observatory monitors Loihi subsea volcano off Hawaii. |
Oahu, Hawaii 1997 |
2223 | |
Pressure pot carries materials down to AQUARIUS. |
St. Croix, USVI |
2224 | |
AQUARIUS featured on cover of Sea Technology prior to 1986 deployment. |
1986 |
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AQUARIUS deployed in Salt River Canyon off St. Croix. |
St. Croix, USVI 1986 |
2226 | |
AQUARIUS sits in 60 feet of water at Conch Reef, Key Largo, FL. |
Key Largo, FL |
2227 | |
AQUARIUS technician communicates with the shore base to relay life support data. |
St. Croix, USVI 1988 |
2228 | |
In the AQUARIUS main lock looking aft towards the entry lock. |
Key Largo, FL 1993 |
2229 | |
AQUARIUS tank rack and gazebo deck serves as the starting point for excursions. |
Key Largo, FL |
2230 | |
AQUARIUS scientist adjusts coral feeding experiment controlled in habitat. |
St. Croix, USVI |
2231 | |
AQUARIUS aquanauts discuss dive plan during coral feeding study. |
St. Croix, USVI |
2232 | |
AQUARIUS lowered to its first home off St. Croix, 1986. |
St. Croix, USVI 1986 |
2233 | |
AQUARIUS ops: talk bubbles provide remote air, comms and equipment drop points. |
St. Croix, USVI |
2234 | |
AQUARIUS aquanauts pause to converse in talk bubble. |
St. Croix, USVI |
2235 | |
AQUARIUS aboard transport barge on its way to St. Croix in 1986. |
St. Croix, USVI 1986 |
2236 | |
AQUARIUS post-hurricane Hugo-- 6 feet of sand scoured from beneath leg. |
St. Croix, USVI 1989 October |
2237 | |
AQUARIUS post-hurricane Hugo-- 6 feet of sand scoured from beneath leg. |
St. Croix, USVI 1989 October |
2238 | |
AQUARIUS post-hurricane Hugo-- 6 feet of sand scoured from beneath leg. |
St. Croix, USVI 1989 October |
2239 | |
AQUARIUS watch desk keeps 24 hr. watch on saturation operations. |
St. Croix, USVI |
2240 | |
AQUARIUS, built in Texas, en route to St. Croix in 1986. |
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AQUARIUS breaks the surface during 1990 recovery from Salt R. Canyon. |
St. Croix, USVI 1990 September |
2242 | |
Doc Schane communicates with AQUARIUS aquanauts during decompression. |
St. Croix, USVI |
2243 | |
Support diver secures AQUARIUS to the seafloor off Key Largo. |
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2244 | |
After complete overhaul, AQUARIUS is christened and readied for sea. |
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2245 | |
Monster buoy stands watch and delivers life support to AQUARIUS. |
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2246 | |
Divers guide the 15 meter long AQUARIUS onto the baseplate. |
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2247 | |
AQUARIUS is towed to the Conch Reef off Key Largo for its third deployment. |
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AQUARIUS floats just before it is flooded and sunk to the reef. |
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AQUARIUS weighs 100 tons in air but can be weightless underwater. |
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