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Dave Owen with first deep sea photographs.

Dave Owen with first deep sea photographs.
Dave Owen with first deep sea photographs.
Dave Owen with first deep sea photographs.
Dave Owen with first deep sea photographs.
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Hahn, Jan
Dave Owen with first deep sea photographs.
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12/01/1947
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Date is approximate. From Atlantis cruise 151.
Image of The Day caption:
Dave Owen developed an interest in deep-sea photography--then a field in its infancy--early in his career at WHOI. During a cruise to the Mediterranean and Aegean seas aboard R/V Atlantis in 1947, he was assigned a Ewing deep-sea camera to take flash photos of the sea floor. Dave captured the "deepest" photograph of the sea floor (18,000 feet) at the time -- a record that stood for years. The photo was later published in Life magazine.
Photo by Jan Hahn
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Jan Hahn Collection, MC-74, acquired by the Data Library and Archives November 24, 1992. Date range of photographs, 1947-1972.
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