"We forget that the water cycle and the life cycle are one."
"What is a scientist after all? It is a curious man looking through a keyhole, the keyhole of nature, trying to know what's going on."
"No aquarium, no tank in a marine land, however spacious it may be, can begin to duplicate the conditions of the sea. And no dolphin who inhabits one of those aquariums or one of those marine lands can be considered normal."
Cousteau’s most important contribution to the world of scuba diving is the first underwater breathing apparatus called “Aqua-Lung”. Today, this type of regulator is known as a diving regulator,
Calypso was the first underwater camera that was waterproof, without having to be encased in plastic housing. This resulted in better photographs.
Built in 1959, this small submarine could only hold two people, who had to lie side-by-side on mattresses, watching their surroundings through tilted portholes.
