Title

Diver looking into the window of Hydrolab [4]

Creator

John C. Ogden, West Indies Laboratory-Fairleigh Dickinson University [at the time of the creation of these documents and slides]; University of South Florida [current affiliated institution]

Files

Preview

Creation Date

12-1-1981

Keywords

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

Type

Image

Date

December 1981

Abstract

Photograph of 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 oxgen 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.

Description

2 x 2 inches cardboard projector slide with Kodachrome 35mm photographic film in the center of the slide to produce an image

Subject: geographic

Virgin Islands of the United States -- Saint Croix

Genre

Slides (Photography)

Format

jpeg

Holding Location

University of South Florida

Physical Collection

Dr. John Ogden Caribbean and Coral Reef collection