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La base aquarius au large de la Floride

Living underwater, dream or reality ?

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  1. Diving, until saturation
  2. The Conshelf odyssey
  3. Underwater habitats by dozens, just to see...

In the 60s, a group of pioneers demonstrated that it was possible to live below the surface of the water. What remains of this technology today? Not much. Nonetheless, the dream hasn’t faded away. Regularly, various projects of underwater restaurants, hotels and museums are presented with computer animations. But not a single one of them sees the light of day. We investigated to unravel the reality behind the dream.

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