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Scuba diving is a mode of underwater diving whereby divers use breathing equipment that is completely independent of a surface breathing gas supply, and therefore has a limited but variable endurance. [1] The word scuba is an acronym for "Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus" and was coined by Christian J. Lambertsen in a patent ...
Paul Bartsch with underwater camera (1926) Jacques-Yves Cousteau, pioneer of scuba diving and underwater photography and film-making. Norwegian diving pioneer Odd Henrik Johnsen with underwater camera (1960s) Agnes Milowka. 1856 — William Thompson takes the first underwater pictures using a camera mounted on a pole.
During the 1990s he published photos and wrote stories for a variety of scuba diving magazines. [7] His first book was published in 1995, Complete Wreck Diving, with co-author Henry Keatts. [8] In 1996 he was the first to photograph a living Oarfish, an animal that inspired sea serpent legends. [9]
Scuba diving offers therapeutic benefits by immersing individuals in an underwater environment. Las Vegas-based Ryan Chen was 19 when he suffered a snowboarding accident at Big Bear, California ...
In 2002, she was inducted into the Cayman Island International Scuba Diving Hall of Fame and received the Beneath the Sea Diver of the Year Award. In 2016 Parry was awarded the California Scuba Service Award for her enormous contribution to the California diving scene, and has been an ardent supporter of The Women Divers Hall of Fame (WDHOF ...
Scuba diving tourism is a growth industry, and it is necessary to consider environmental sustainability, as the expanding impact of divers can adversely affect the marine environment in several ways, and the impact also depends on the specific environment. Tropical coral reefs are more easily damaged by poor diving skills than some temperate ...
Underwater photography is a scuba-based underwater sport governed by Confédération Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques (CMAS) where teams of competitors using digital underwater camera systems all dive at the same saltwater ocean sites at the same time over a two-day period.
Bob Halstead (24 October 1944 – 18 December 2018), has made significant contributions to the sport of scuba diving in a multitude of capacities: photographer, author of eight diving books, early innovator in the development of dive tourism, pioneer in the dive liveaboard industry, diving instructor and educator, marine-life explorer and influential diving industry commentator.