My Other Car is a Submersible
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Anybody know where I can get one of these? Broadcast Spawn!Tweet#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}Anybody know where I can get one of these? Broadcast Spawn!Tweet

11 Ocean Photographers You Should Know
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I was very excited when Pelfusion posted 35 Underwater Photographs That Stand Out. Unfortunately most of the photographs feature models underwater in flowing dresses or pseudocharismatic large cats.  Far less than half of the photographs contain the actual denizens of the sea. What’s up with that? So without further delay, DSN introduces our ten favorite . . . → Read More: 11 Ocean Photographers You Should Know

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Norwegian SCUBA Divers Drive Off Google Van with Pitchforks
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Hat tip to Boing Boing. From the Norwegian fishwrapper Aftenposten (click here for autotranslation, although the headline really translates more to “Who is hunting Google with pitchforks?”). Also, if you go on Google Maps and click down to street view you can see in subsequent images the van getting chased down the street by . . . → Read More: Norwegian SCUBA Divers Drive Off Google Van with Pitchforks

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Filming 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
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Life Magazine’s website has pictures up from a 1954 photo shoot of the Disney movie adaptation of Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. It is amazing to see how far SCUBA and underwater filming has come in 55 years! 20,000 Leagues is perhaps one of the most formative components to my interest in marine . . . → Read More: Filming 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

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Submersible or Boat? Both!
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Scubacraft 3 in submersible mode Boat…check.  Submarine…check.  Scuba platform…check. Submarine , boat, and dive platform…check.  The Scubacraft 3 and 6 are the newest ultimate watercraft.  Price tag?  Well, that is not important right now.  What is important is that this is on Dr. M’s Christmas wishlist.  The SC’s are advanced twin-tunnel composite hull and deliver . . . → Read More: Submersible or Boat? Both!

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19th Century Scuba
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…and I thought I was burdened with gear 837lb diving suite designed by the Carmagnolle brothers in 1882 The sole example of this steampunkesque diving suit appears Musée de la Marine in Paris. Built by Alphonse and Theodore Carmagnolle  with 20 portholes the entire suite weighs in at 837 pounds.  You can get a bit . . . → Read More: 19th Century Scuba

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TGIF: Scuba Diving in Flooded Meadow
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Water Level 9,40m … from Alex.Be. on Vimeo. Broadcast Spawn!Tweet#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}Water Level 9,40m … from Alex.Be. on Vimeo. Broadcast Spawn!Tweet

Bonus TGIF: Photographs From the Channel Islands
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A nice video featuring the photography of DSN favorite and close friend, Jason Bradley Channel Islands 09/09 from Bradley Photographic on Vimeo. Broadcast Spawn!Tweet#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}A nice video featuring the photography of DSN favorite and close friend, Jason Bradley Channel Islands 09/09 from Bradley Photographic on Vimeo. Broadcast Spawn!Tweet

TGIF: World’s Deepest Pool
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Why does Europe get all the cool stuff, while here in America we can only brag about the world’s largest McDonald’s? Oh, and the world’s coolest President. Nice speech in Cairo, dude. Obama makes it worth being here, so far from the Nemo 33 diving center in Brussels, Belgium. The pool is spring fed, . . . → Read More: TGIF: World’s Deepest Pool

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Jacques Cousteau YouTube Video Roundup
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Jacques and team in the Arctic John Denver talks about how he composed Calypso, and released this 1994 video inspired by his friend Jacques Cousteau Jacques and team in the Amazon A grouper dances the waltz with a Cousteau Society diver. The Calypso through many expeditions Manta rays, planes, helicopters, and dive team during the . . . → Read More: Jacques Cousteau YouTube Video Roundup

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