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Aquarius
Exploration in our time!
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Let’s take a look at some footage!
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http://aquarius.uncw.edu/about/overview
http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/projects/space/aquarius/2002/september.htm
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What is Aquarius?
 Underwater
laboratory
 Home
to scientists for up to
10 days
 Used
as a base for research
dive expeditions
 Scientists
work on reef for up
to 9 hours a day without fear
of getting the bends
http://aquarius.uncw.edu/
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Where is Aquarius?
 Located
in a sand patch
 In
the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
 63
feet below the surface
http://aquarius.uncw.edu/
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What have scientists done on
Aquarius?
 Sewage
pollution, water quality affect Florida Keys
National Sanctuary
 Chemical
warfare on the reefs leads to drugs from
the sea
 Properties
 Fossil
of light underwater
records on reefs
 Corals
as predators
http://aquarius.uncw.edu/
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What other things do
you think scientists
could research on
Aquarius?