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"Pisces VI"
Onboard the "Discoverer 7 Seas"
1977
Mediterranean Sea off Valencia, Spain
Depth Capability
7,155 ft. - 2180 m - 1.4 miles
Sea pressure at this depth
is 2,289 pounds per square inch.
This is 1.14 tons
on every square inch of sub's surface.
This is equivalent of 40 tons
pressing on all sides of your head.
(About the weight of 28 average cars.)
Two stacked styrofoam cups
were placed in a net
on the outside of the sub.
On the right is after sea pressure
pressed all the air out.
"Pisces VI" and marine life
shot from a remote camera.
Rick Boggs and I at a depth of 4,300 ft. (1,325 m) (8-tenths of mile)
(Pressure/depth gauge beside my head.)
Atlantic Ocean
off the port of Pointe Noire
Republic of the Congo
(This is well before age
dyed my beard white)