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Cousteau’s Amazing Fleet of Vehicles [Vehicles]

Jacques Cousteau showed audiences undersea life like they had never seen it before. But just as remarkable as the seascapes he photographed are the vehicles he used to access them: repurposed battleships , saucer-like subs, and of course, the aqualung . [ YouTube ] More
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Coral Reefs Have Creepy, Alien-Like Superpowers [Ocean]

Sure, coral reefs are pretty, but they also have creepy almost alien-like superpowers: An entire reef can be regrown from a tiny chunk of coral. More
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Flying Into the Silent World [Video]

In 1955, Jacques-Yves Cousteau and film director Louis Malle sailed 12,000 nautical miles aboard the Calypso to film the first underwater color movie. A year later, they showed everyone a whole new world, and the exhilarating freedom of diving. More
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Why You Should Scuba Dive [Scuba]

There are two experiences in life that never fail to give me pause: riding in a plane, looking at the earth and the patterns of nature and civilization; and strapping a tank of air and diving in the sea. More
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One Good-to-Know Knot for All Occasions (and a Few Others for Good Measure) [Video Demonstration]

Tugboat bowlines, fisherman's knots, sheet bends. The best knots are named for their jobs on the ocean, but they have numerous, practical uses on land as well. Here's how to tie the versatile bowline (and more properly tie any knot). More
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The Pac-Man Ship That Eats Oil Spills [Ships]

The Bottsand class oil recovery ships cruise just like any other vessel, until they reach an oil spill. Then, they open like Pac-Man, transforming into a machine that can clean the oil from 140 cubic meters of water per hour. More
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Underwater Photography With the Canon 5D Mark II [Photography]

Yesterday, we looked at some gorgeous underwater photography taken with the Canon 5D Mark II . Today, we have an article explaining a bit of the logistics behind such shooting, from the waterproof gear to the reasons you'll curse into bubbles. More
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Unique Sea Glider Vessel Recorded Whalesong To Protect Hawaii’s Giants [Ocean]

At the tail-end of last year , researchers managed to successfully collect close to a terabyte of recordings of beaked whales off the coast of Hawaii, using the first acoustic-equipped undersea glider to travel to the depths, some 1,000m down. More
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The Epic Story of a 12-Hour, 800-Foot-Deep Underwater Recovery Mission [Diving]

Looking for a good read? This oldie-but-goodie from Outside magazine tells the story of Dave Shaw, a deep-water diver who swam more than 800 feet down into a freshwater cave to retrieve the body of a fallen diver. More
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