SCUBA Diver Swimming near the Hydrolab, St. Croix, F

Creator

John C. OgdenFollow

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Creation Date

12-1-1981

Abstract

A SCUBA diver swimming in front of the porthole window of Hydrolab, an underwater laboratory located on the seafloor which allowed scientists to live and work underwater for extended periods of time. At the time of the photograph, Hydrolab was located at a depth of approximately 50 feet in Salt River submarine canyon, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. To the immediate left of the Hydrolab is the Portable Underwater Talking Station (PUTS) which is a small house-like structure next to Hydrolab with a pocket of trapped air that allowed divers to swim in and talk with one another without having to reenter Hydrolab. A school of fish can be seen swimming underneath Hydrolab.

Keywords

Marine biology--Research, Coral reefs and islands--Caribbean Sea, Environmental laboratories, Marine biologists, Scuba diving, Saturation diving

Extent

2x2 inches cardboard projector slide with Kodachrome 35mm color photographic film

Subject: geographic

United States Virgin Islands; St. Croix (United States Virgin Islands); Salt River Bay (United States Virgin Islands)

Physical Collection

Dr. John Ogden Caribbean and Coral Reef collection

Media Type

Color slides

Identifier

O19-00127

Recommended Citation

Ogden, John C., "SCUBA Diver Swimming near the Hydrolab, St. Croix, F" (1981). Binder 07: Photographs and Images. Image 39.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/ogden7_images/39