The Astonishing Underwater Landscapes Sketched Inside a Diving Bell
Tuesday 29th March 2022
Coral reef
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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