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Source: Inside the First Deep-Sea Dive in History

Summary
In 1930, the Department of Tropical Research launched the first successful submersible, the bathysphere, to study the deep ocean. The ball, designed by Otis Barton, allowed humans to reach greater depths and explore the unknown waters below.

Fact

🔬 The bathysphere was the first successful submersible to bring scientists down into the deep ocean.

🌊 The plan was to drop the bathysphere repeatedly in the same place, studying the column of water directly below and discovering new creatures and ecosystems.

💡 The bathysphere had three front-facing holes grouped tightly together like eyes which were made from three-inch quartz windows, and it was fitted with oxygen tanks to provide eight hours of breathable air.

📝 Two scientists, Otis Barton and William Beebe, occupied the bathysphere as it descended, and Beebe was highly aware of his status as witness to something no human had ever seen before.

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