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

Creator

John C. OgdenFollow

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Creation Date

7-1-1979

Abstract

The Hydrolab, an underwater laboratory located on the seafloor which allowed scientists to live and work underwater for extended periods of time, seen on the left and the Portable Underwater Talking Station (PUTS) seen on the right. The PUTS is a small house-like structure next to Hydrolab which has a pocket of trapped air that allowed divers to swim in and talk with one another without having to reenter Hydrolab. Two SCUBA divers are seen inside PUTS with only the lower half of their bodies visible from outside the PUTS. 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

O19-00175

Recommended Citation

Ogden, John C., "SCUBA Diver Swimming near the Hydrolab, St. Croix, H" (1979). Binder 07: Photographs and Images. Image 87.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/ogden7_images/87