• The Environment

    The Aquanaut's Home Under the Sea

    By Posted on 3.4.2008 1 Comments

    This past April, entrepreneur and science hobbyist Lloyd Godson awoke in the middle of the night with a pounding headache. He needed fresh air. Instead he drew in a deep breath and hoped that the algae blooms inside his 8-by-10-foot underwater home would give off enough oxygen to get him through the night. Because of steadily rising blood pressure, Godson, 29, emerged later that evening dizzy but healthy, bringing to a close his 13-day mission to live solo at the bottom of a lake near Albury, Australia.

    6.11.2008 at 01:18pm - Comment by betagirl707

    The aquanaut is so cool i wonder how they built that



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