VILLEFRANCHE 



Power and communication cables 

 from Cap Ferrat lighthouse hang 

 from steel-drum buoys. 



CONSHELF THREE dangles safely 

 Xi^beneath surface waves during 

 preparation for descent. 



Telephone line speeds 

 orders from diving 

 saucer, undersea eyes 

 of the operation. 



Bobbing column of buoys 

 descends with the station. 

 Sea pressure forces water 

 into the drums' air pocket 

 and reduces their buoyanc 

 gently lowering the power 

 and communication cable; 



LABOR lowers sea house. 

 SNylon guy from PHYSALIE I 

 steadies CONS HELF THREE 



\ V;.; on guide cable. 



Figure 25. Conshelf Three. (From Cousteau, 1966. Painting by Davis Meltzer. 

 ©National Geographic Society. Used by permission.) 



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