Wonders of The World

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• The Longest Natural Arch
• Manuscripts of a Bygone Age NEW
• Sanchi's Great Stupa
• The Brooklyn Bridge
• The Oldest Known Shipwreck
• A House Under The Ocean
• Telescope Atop a Volcano
• Britain's Treasure Trove
• The Dare-devils of La Quebrada
• The Chunnel
• The Tallest Living Things
• An Island Comes to life again
• The Skeleton Stretch
• The Glowing Caves
• The Great Shells
• The Mighty Corridor
• Drawings in the Sand
• The World's largest Flower
• The Swaying Minarets
• The Screaming Skull
• A Tower of Perfection!
• Ajanta
• World's Highest Capitals
• The Ziggurat of Ur
• The Oldest Footprints
• The smallest country
• Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum
• Mountain of Light
• A Piece from the Past
• Crop Circles
• Cleopatra’s Needle
• The Oldest Throne
• Giant Waves
• The Lord's Arch
• A Mad King's Dream Castle

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A House Under The Ocean

For two months in 1969, four American scientists lived and worked continuously 15m under the sea, in Lameshur Bay off the Virgin Islands.
The habitat consisted of two 5.4m-high air-filled cylindrical tanks, with living quarters, a laboratory and communications centre, a room for airconditioning equipment and a freezer, and a wet room which opened directly into the sea through a hatch. Fresh water, air, electricity and communication links were supplied through a thick cord connected to a barge above water.
The aquanauts remained physically healthy but some could not stand the stress of isolation.

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Last updated on :9/23/2006