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Florida Keys

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Join RADIO EXPEDITIONS reporter Greg Smith for a dive down to our next destination some 60 feet under the water's surface in the Florida Keys. At those depths, you'll find Aquarius, the world's only full-time underwater research facility. A staff of scientists lives there, studying life forms that are simple and complex, such as sponges and coral reefs.

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A diver swims outside Aquarius, the world's only underwater research habitat A diver swims outside Aquarius, the world's only underwater research habitat

Photo provided by the National Undersea Research Center at The University of North Carolina at Wilmington.




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