SCUBA Diver Swimming near Aquarius Reef Base

Creator

John C. OgdenFollow

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Creation Date

6-1-1991

Abstract

Two SCUBA divers swimming near Aquarius Reef Base, an underwater laboratory located on the seafloor which allows scientists to live and work underwater for extended periods of time. The diver on the right swims near a white, hexagonal structure raised on poles. This is one of two waystations at Aquarius Reef Base. The waystations contain a pocket of trapped air that allows divers to swim in and talk with one another. Aquarius Reef Base was built in 1986 and replaced Hydrolab, which was decommissioned in the 1980s and moved to the Smithsonian Institute's National Museum of Natural History. Aquarius Reef Base was initially stationed near the U.S. Virgin Islands. After Hurricane Hugo, in 1989, it underwent repairs and was moved to a location 20 meters underwater, near a coral reef in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.

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

O19-00181

Recommended Citation

Ogden, John C., "SCUBA Diver Swimming near Aquarius Reef Base" (1991). Binder 07: Photographs and Images. Image 93.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/ogden7_images/93