Bathyscaphe TRIESTE, Marianas Trench - Don Walsh, Jacques Piccard, 1960 © NGS

Object summary

Title: Bathyscaphe TRIESTE, Marianas Trench - Don Walsh, Jacques Piccard, 1960 © NGS
Object ID: HEE-SC-08551
Date made: 1981-02-
Place made: United States
Maker: Edgerton, Harold Eugene
Object type: Color slide
Major collection: Technology; Photography
Named collection: Harold E. Edgerton Collection
On view: No

Description

Don Walsh (left) and Jacques Piccard salute from the deck of the bathyscaphe TRIESTE after successfully completing their expedition to the bottom of the Marianas Trench in Jan. 1960; reproduction image from an article in the National Geographic Magazine (Jacques Piccard, "Man's Deepest Dive," vol. 118 (August 1960): 224-239). (CC)