Diver Looking into the Window of Hydrolab, Salt River Bay, St. Croix, B

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. The diver is wearing a diving mask and wetsuit and is breathing through an oxygen regulator connected to an oxygen tank. The photograph is shot through the porthole window, from the inside looking out. A copy of the book "Fishes of the Bahamas and adjacent tropical waters" by James E. Bohlke and Charles C.G. Chaplin is on the interior ledge of the porthole window. 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.

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

O19-00166

Recommended Citation

Ogden, John C., "Diver Looking into the Window of Hydrolab, Salt River Bay, St. Croix, B" (1981). Binder 07: Photographs and Images. Image 78.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/ogden7_images/78