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Sorenson began diving in 1995 and within a few years expanded to cave diving.In 1999, he joined International Underwater Cave Rescue and Recovery (IUCRR) as one of the original members and in 2003 founded Cave Adventurers dive center in Marianna, Florida near Florida Caverns State Park.
The opening was enlarged in the 1800s to ease access. The cave expands below water level (a shape described as an "inverted mushroom"). The diameter of the cave at the surface of the water is about 100 feet (30 m), while underwater the cave is up to 200 feet (61 m) across. The maximum depth of the cave reaches 50 feet (15 m).
Vortex Spring is a popular diving area both for experienced and novice divers. Recreational diver training is offered at the park. There are two underwater training platforms at 20 feet (6.1 m) which are often used for Open Water certification dives, and an inverted metal "talk box" that traps air, allowing divers to remove their regulators and talk to each other while under the surface. [1]
1856 — William Thompson takes the first underwater pictures using a camera mounted on a pole. 1893 — Louis Boutan takes underwater pictures in Banyuls-sur-Mer while diving using surface supplied standard diving dress. He also develops an underwater flash and a remote control for deep waters using an electromagnet. [18]
A university professor broke a record for the longest time living underwater without depressurization this weekend at a Florida Keys lodge for scuba divers. Joseph Dituri’s 74th day residing in ...
Cave diving, wreck diving, ice diving and diving inside or under other natural or artificial underwater structures or enclosures are examples. The restriction on direct ascent increases the risk of diving under an overhead, and this is usually addressed by adaptations of procedures and use of equipment such as redundant breathing gas sources ...
Jill Heinerth (born 1965) is a Canadian cave diver, underwater explorer, writer, photographer and film-maker. [3] She has made TV series for PBS, National Geographic Channel and the BBC, consulted on movies for directors including James Cameron, and written several books and produced documentaries, including We Are Water [4] and Ben's Vortex, about the disappearance of Ben McDaniel.