Today is 100th birthday of Jacques-Yves Cousteau

[CapitanBlack]

naval officer, explorer, ecologist, filmmaker, innovator, scientist, photographer, author and researcher who studied the sea and all forms of life in water.

Co-developer of Aqua-lung also known as SCUBA.

 

[bhalah]

To mark this event, the Discovery channel aired a bunch of "the Undersea Worl of Jacques Cousteau". It was fun to watch a couple of them.

 

[CapitanBlack]

Thanks for info - I'll schedule recording! When I was a kid, I have watched all his movies and read all published books about Calypso's adventures...

 

[bhalah]

Thanks for info - I'll schedule recording! When I was a kid, I have watched all his movies and read all published books about Calypso's adventures...

I would have killed for a ride in the diving saucer.