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Alvin personnel sphere is forklifted for placement onto the tractor trailer.

Alvin personnel sphere is forklifted for placement onto the tractor trailer.
Alvin personnel sphere is forklifted for placement onto the tractor trailer.
Alvin personnel sphere is forklifted for placement onto the tractor trailer.
Alvin personnel sphere is forklifted for placement onto the tractor trailer.
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Griner, Christopher
Alvin personnel sphere is forklifted for placement onto the tractor trailer.
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01/22/2018
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Old Alvin personnel sphere is moved from Simi Valley, California (shown here) to the National Geographic storage facility in Washington, D.C.
Image Of the Day caption:
National Geographic is hosting a Titanic exhibit from May 30, 2018, to Jan. 6, 2019, at the Society's headquarters in Washington, D.C. The exhibit will include the old personnel sphere from the Deep Submergence Vehicle Alvin, which was loaded up for transit (pictured) from the Ronald Reagan Library & Museum in Simi Valley, Calif., last month. That exhibit was created through a collaboration between the Ronald Reagan Library and WHOI. Ronald Reagan was president when the team from WHOI, led by Robert Ballard, discovered the Titanic in 1985 and explored it in 1986. President Reagan signed the RMS Titanic Maritime Memorial Act of 1986, designating the Titanic site as a memorial to those that perished.
Photo by Christopher Griner
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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