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Yesterday would have been Jacques Yves Cousteau's 100th birthday. He brought a unique and stimulating look at the oceans to many worldwide in ways they might have never seen. More about the man and his times at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques-Yves_Cousteau
National Geographic put together a Centinneal tribute titled:
"Jacques Cousteau Centennial: What He Did, Why He Matters"
at:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...legacy-google/
A quote from Cousteau:
"Mankind has probably done more damage to the Earth in the 20th century than in all of previous human history."
Jacques doing a pre-dive cig break
I can recall numerous specials, well illustrated books, even film cassettes through elementary and high school during my formative diving days. I gave a talk following after his other son, Jean Michele gave a presentation at a dive show decades back. An interesting guy but his father was a unique spokesman. John Denver seems a late comer to things but even he passed like Philipe Cousteau in a private plane crash in water. Anyway, here's to Jacques Cousteau, gone but not forgotten.
An earlier birthday party for Jacques
A special find, Le Monde du Silence Revisité(49 minutes) or the Silent World Revisited with lots of early Cousteau footage, in French.
Captain Cousteau was a prolific cinematographer. It was his chosen medium to communicate his undersea world to the rest of us. A list of his productions appears at:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0184150/
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...4295428118398#
A brilliant film, Epaves ("Wrecks") released in 1943 in French. Original music and many sinkings and wrecks from WWII in France.
A collection of Cousteau clips
A visit to the Manta Rays of Isla de Murjeres in the Yucatan, Mexico (French)
A slide show of a bunch of Cousteau images
The early days of USD
From: Here’s to Jacques-Yves Cousteau
By ANDREW C. REVKIN, NY Times
http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/20...yves-cousteau/
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