Pressure Pots – How Does an Undersea Lab Get Dry Towels?

One World One Ocean presents, in association with Liquid Pictures 3D — Mission Aquarius — a project of Aquarius Reef Base. Join the expedition at http://oneworldoneocean.org/aquarius —

How do you get dry towels to an underwater base? Join divers from the Aquarius support crew as they swim down with pressure pots holding essential goods, to the Aquanauts 60 feet below. This short piece gives a fascinating look at how living in an underwater lab like Aquarius actually works. Just make sure that lid’s on tight on the way back up from the pressurized environment, or you might have a blowout!

Since 1993, America’s “inner space station” has helped us understand the disappearance of coral reefs, train NASA astronauts for space and research sea sponges, the source of two cancer drugs. The discoveries made at Aquarius have opened our eyes to how little we really know about the vast complexity of the ocean. It is one of the planet’s most important brain trusts, and this is part of its last scheduled mission.

Special thanks to:

Aquarius Reef Base – http://aquarius.uncw.edu/
DJ Roller and Liquid Pictures 3D – http://www.liquidpictures3d.com/