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 IMAGESPUBLIC DOMAINThese Photographs may be freely used for media articles and press releases Click on any thumbnail image for a larger view in a separate window.  1 - Dr. Edie Widder entering the observation sphere of the Johnson-Sea-Link submersible. The submersible can dive to depths of 3000 feet carrying a pilot and scientist/observer in its observation sphere with two additional passengers in a separate rear dive chamber located behind the sphere. Dr. Widder has made more than 250 dives in this four person submersible, as well as in the single-person submersibles: Deep Rover, Deep Worker and Wasp - all three of which she is certified to pilot. Photo: Tom Smoyer  2 - Edie entering JSL  3 - October, 2003; Dr. Edie Widder in the rear dive chamber of the Johnson-Sea-Link submersible using a low light spectrometer fitted with a through-hull fiber optic penetrator. During this mission in the clear waters off the Bahamas, Dr. Widder recorded the deepest spectral measurements of downwelling irradiance ever made in the ocean. Photo: Hugo Marrero  4 - Edie in JSL  5 - Edie in Wasp  6 - Edie working  7 - edie  8 - EW_laptop  9 - EW_Mxlis  10 - Wasp  11 - September 2006; Dr. Edie Widder near the Fort Pierce Inlet, Florida at the Ocean Research & Conservation Association's headquarters. Photo: Associated Press  12 - Dr. Edith Widder
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