A university professor who spent 100 days living underwater at a Florida Keys lodge for scuba divers resurfaced Friday and raised his face to the sun for the first time since March 1.
In this photo provided by the Florida Keys News Bureau, diving explorer and medical researcher Dr. Joseph Dituri hugs his lead physician, Dr. Sarah Spelsberg, Friday, June 9, 2023, after living for 100 days in the Jules' Undersea Lodge marine habitat at the bottom of a lagoon in Key Largo, Fla.
“It was never about the record,” Dituri said. “It was about extending human tolerance for the underwater world and for an isolated, confined, extremeDituri, who also goes by the moniker “ Dr. Deep Sea,” is a University of South Florida educator who holds a doctorate in biomedical engineering and is a retired U.S. Naval officer.
The project aimed to learn more about how the human body and mind respond to extended exposure to extreme pressure and an isolated environment and was designed to benefit ocean researchers and astronauts on future long-term missions.
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