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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.
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.
You may not have the guts to try it yourself – I certainly don’t – but wave photography as it’s done by Clark Little, surfer and photographer extraordinaire, is awe-inspiring. Check out our interview with him to read about his awesome techniques.
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Water soluble swimwear is either absolutely wonderful or entirely horrifying, but you can decide which it is yourself by watching this video of a trial swim.
James Cameron’s announcement last week that he was assembling a veritable Justice League of oceanographers, engineers and other specialists to combat the BP oil disaster was met with some eye-rolling. But he may be the best man for the job.
Bill Gates, since leaving the helm of Microsoft, has been busy ploughing his money into well-deserved environmental issues such as the artificial clouds project, and ocean pumps which could (almost) halt hurricanes in their tracks.
Want to take Joel’s advice to heart and learn how to scuba dive? PADI is the place to do it. [PADI]
In 1955, Jacques-Yves Cousteau and film director Louis Malle sailed 12,000 nautical miles aboard the Calypso to film the first underwater colour movie. A year later, they showed everyone a whole new world, and the exhilarating freedom of diving.
