Cave diver collects samples (IMAGE)

Northwestern University

Cave diver collects samples

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Advanced buoyancy skills are required for taking sterile 1-liter water samples. A diver uses an air hose to completely void the sterile bottle, which is then inverted and flooded with the sample water, with the specific depth recorded from wrist mounted depth gauges.

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Natalie Gibb/Under the Jungle

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