Ten seconds of wonder.
Vanguard, DEEP's pilot subsea human habitat in the Florida Keys, attracts small fish who use the structure as a refuge from predators.
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How do you deploy a subsea human habitat? Go behind the scenes of the complex marine operation behind installing Vanguard, our pilot habitat, on the seabed in the Florida Keys.
Watch the full video on YouTube: bit.ly/4xXKvfb
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It was a pleasure to host Steve Backshall at DEEP Campus earlier this week to launch his Ocean Live lessons series in partnership with Nekton.
If you weren't able to catch the first lesson, you can watch it here: bit.ly/4Aww7wA
No one's inside just yet. But once we've completed full testing and commissioning, this bell will transfer three people to the dive site at DEEP Campus.
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The air you breath living in Vanguard is piped down from its surface support buoy. But did you know we also keep tanks of oxygen on board?
Here's how the oxygen tanks are filled.
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Not everything filmed at Campus happens underwater. And the cliffs surrounding the lake were the backdrop for a dramatic scene for the @bbccasualtyofficial season finale.
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This month marks the 64th anniversary of Conshelf I, the first underwater human habitat.
Explore more of the incredible history of humans living underwater.
Watch the full video on Youtube: bit.ly/3T6RlR0.
Sources: Smith Archive (1962), U.S. Navy and NASA.
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Testing the launch and recovery system of the closed bell as part of commissioning our saturation diving training facility.
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How does the watch desk support people living underwater?
Take a look at Vanguard's watch desk inside our shore base in Marathon, Florida. From here we can monitor the habitat's systems and crew during missions.
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DEEP Station Florida from above.
A fly by of our shoreside base located in Marathon, in the Florida Keys. The main operating base supports Vanguard missions, aquanaut training, and emergency response.
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Inspection of Vanguard's umbilical.
This bundle of cables connects Vanguard to its surface support buoy, supplying power, communications, and breathing gases to the habitat.
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D'oh! Turns out Homer beat us to living underwater. Divers react to The Simpsons' take on subsea habitat life.
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