On this day in 1930, the Bathysphere—William Beebe’s revolutionary spherical submers
On this day in 1930, the Bathysphere—William Beebe’s revolutionary spherical submersible—took its first test dive. Soon, expedition artist Else Bostelmann was painting deep-sea creatures human eyes had never seen and the human mind hadn’t even imagined. -- source link
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