Moon pool
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A moon pool or moonpool is an equipment deployment and retrieval feature used by marine drilling platforms, drillships, diving support vessels, fishing vessels, marine research vessels, underwater exp
Underside of the Research Vessel Western Flyer, showing its moon pool between the two hulls
NEEMO 13 Crew in the wet porch/moon pool of the Aquarius habitat
Diving bell
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A diving bell is a rigid chamber used to transport divers from the surface to depth and back in open water, usually for the purpose of performing underwater work. The most common types are the open-bo
Moon pool
…chambers provide dry areas for work and rest without the need to ascend to the surface. This kind of submerged chamber uses the same principles as the diving bell, except they are fixed to the seafloor and may be called a wet porch, wet room, or wet bell. Sometimes the term moon pool is used to mean the complete…
Exterior view of an open (wet) diving bell
16th century Islamic painting of Alexander the Great lowered in a glass diving bell
Open diving bell on a stern mounted launch and recovery system