The Deep

Co-invented the Aqua-Lung, brought the ocean to television screens worldwide

First woman to lead NOAA, walked the seafloor at 1,250 feet, 'Her Deepness'

First bathysphere descent, pioneered deep-sea exploration

'The Sea Around Us' (1951) revealed ocean's poetry and peril

First to reach bottom of all five ocean trenches

'The Shark Lady,' pioneered shark behavior research

Discovered the Titanic, developed deep-sea exploration technology

Piccard's co-pilot to Challenger Deep in 1960

Solo dive to Challenger Deep, underwater filmmaker

Pioneered ocean carbon dioxide measurement, tracked nuclear fallout