SCUBA diver swimming near Hydrolab, St. Croix [9] [Hydrolab at Salt River, St. Croix now in Smithsonian - operated by WIL for 7 years]

Creator

John C. OgdenFollow

Files

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Creation Date

12-1-1981

Abstract

Photograph of a SCUBA diver swimming next to 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. Hydrolab was operated by West Indies Laboratory for 7 years and was then moved to the Smithsonian Institute before again moving to the headquarters of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in Silver Spring, Maryland. 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. The Portable Underwater Talking Station (PUTS) is the small-house like structure at the bottom left of the larger Hydrolab structure. The PUTS has a pocket of trapped air that allowed divers to swim in and talk with one another without having to reenter Hydrolab. The lock-out chamber is pictured to the bottom right of the larger Hydrolab structure and was used for entering and exiting Hydrolab. A school of fish are seen swimming near 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

Physical Collection

Dr. John Ogden Caribbean and Coral Reef collection

Media Type

Color slides

Identifier

O19-00176

Recommended Citation

Ogden, John C., "SCUBA diver swimming near Hydrolab, St. Croix [9] [Hydrolab at Salt River, St. Croix now in Smithsonian - operated by WIL for 7 years]" (1981). Binder 7: Photographs and Images. Image 88.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/ogden7_images/88