Bathysphere
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A bathysphere is a spherical deep-sea diving submersible which is lowered into bodies of water with a cable. Bathyspheres have a variety of uses, usually including the study of underwater life.
At extreme depths, the cable becomes unmanageable. Deeper dives must be performed by self-propelled vehicles such as a bathyscaphe.
The term bathysphere is composed from the Greek words βάθος (bathos), "depth" and σφαίρα (sphaira), "sphere".
The first bathysphere was built by Otis Barton and William Beebe in 1930.
"'Bathysphere" is also the title of a song appearing on the 1995 album Wild Love by lo-fi indie rock artist Bill Callahan, better known as Smog. The song was covered in a radically different form by indie songstress Chan Marshall, better known as Cat Power (with whom Callahan was romantically involved) on her 1996 album What Would the Community Think.
It is also rumored that big wave surfing legend Laird Hamilton was born in a Baythsphere, lending to his exceptional ability as a modern day mariner.
References
- Brad Matsen. Descent - The Heroic Discovery of the Abyss. Pantheon Books. (2005).
- Matt Warshaw: Maverick's: the story of big-wave surfing, Chronicle Books, ISBN 081182652X
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