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These photographs show ocean explorers with the equipment that took them below the surface. Early steel spheres, diving suits, research ships, and modern submersibles each tell part of the story of how people learned to work in the deep ocean.

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Don Walsh and Jacques Piccard Inside Trieste
Don Walsh and Jacques Piccard Inside Trieste: Don Walsh and Jacques Piccard sit inside the crew sphere of the bathyscaphe…
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William Beebe and Otis Barton With the Bathysphere
William Beebe and Otis Barton With the Bathysphere: William Beebe and Otis Barton pose with the Bathysphere in 1934. Barton…
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Jacques Cousteau Aboard Calypso
Jacques Cousteau Aboard Calypso: In his red cap, Jacques Cousteau stands on the deck of Calypso. The ship carried diving…
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Sylvia Earle Diving
Sylvia Earle Diving: Sylvia Earle dives close to the seabed in a blue wetsuit, with her mask and breathing gear visible…
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Auguste and Jacques Piccard Aboard Trieste
Auguste and Jacques Piccard Aboard Trieste: Auguste Piccard stands aboard Trieste with his son Jacques in 1953. The two…
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Robert Ballard With the Submersible Alvin
Robert Ballard With the Submersible Alvin: Robert Ballard emerges from Alvin after a 1979 dive to the Galápagos Rift. The…
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Marie Tharp and Bruce Heezen Aboard USNS Kane
Marie Tharp and Bruce Heezen Aboard USNS Kane: Tharp and Heezen follow a fathometer record aboard USNS Kane in 1968. The…
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James Cameron Emerging From Deepsea Challenger
James Cameron Emerging From Deepsea Challenger: James Cameron emerges from the hatch of Deepsea Challenger after his March…
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Hans Hass Diving With a Rolleimarin Camera
Hans Hass Diving With a Rolleimarin Camera: Hans Hass handles a Rolleimarin underwater camera housing with a flash mounted…
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Gloria Hollister With the Bathysphere
Gloria Hollister With the Bathysphere: Gloria Hollister examines the Bathysphere. During William Beebe and Otis Barton’s…
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Eugenie Clark Studying a Bull Shark
Eugenie Clark Studying a Bull Shark: Eugenie Clark examines a bull shark in Mexico. Her close observations of sharks in…
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Victor Vescovo Preparing for the South Sandwich Trench Dive
Victor Vescovo Preparing for the South Sandwich Trench Dive: Vescovo grins as he prepares to pilot Limiting Factor into the…
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Lotte Hass With an Underwater Camera Housing
Lotte Hass With an Underwater Camera Housing: Lotte Hass poses with a camera housing used to film underwater. Her work on…
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Nicole Yamase Boarding Limiting Factor
Nicole Yamase Boarding Limiting Factor: Nicole Yamase boards the submersible for her 2021 dive to Challenger Deep. A marine…
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Dawn Wright Boarding Limiting Factor
Dawn Wright Boarding Limiting Factor: Marine geologist Dawn Wright prepares to enter Limiting Factor in 2022. She and pilot…
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Edith Widder Inside Johnson Sea-Link
Edith Widder Inside Johnson Sea-Link: Widder sits inside the clear observation sphere of the Johnson Sea-Link. Her work on…

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