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The Astonishing Underwater Landscapes Sketched Inside a Diving Bell
Tuesday 29th March 2022![Coral reef](https://cfz.org.uk/wp-content/webpc-passthru.php?src=https://cfz.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/636eecc238cdd054a9_Ransonnet-edit-2.jpg&nocache=1)
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IN THE LATE 1860S, JULES VERNE’S FICTIONAL CAPTAIN NEMO cruised the ocean deep, discovering new underwater worlds and creatures. In the same decade, the non-fictional Eugen von Ransonnet-Villez pursued his fascination with zoology by developing the technology to produce the first underwater pictures: seascapes drawn as he sat beneath the waves in his diving bell.
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