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nuMNdvr - 01 Apr 2007 18:43 GMT

I was looking around the web when I found the Nemo 33. It is a indoor
diving complex near Brussels. The amazing thing, there is a pit that
is 108 feet deep! Caves, pressurized diving bells, and warm water. I
know this is pretty much the only pool of it's kind. Does anyone know
about any indoor diving facilites in the US?

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sweir toronto canada - 01 Apr 2007 23:21 GMT

> I was looking around the web when I found the Nemo 33. It is a indoor
> diving complex near Brussels. The amazing thing, there is a pit that
> is 108 feet deep! Caves, pressurized diving bells, and warm water. I
> know this is pretty much the only pool of it's kind. Does anyone know
> about any indoor diving facilites in the US?

Bonne Terre Mine in Mississouri, Epcot Centre in Florida, the Edmonton
Mall, and a filled missile silo in Lubock Texas come quickly to mind.
I know there are others.

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Greg Mossman - 02 Apr 2007 01:39 GMT

On Apr 1, 3:21 pm, "sweir toronto canada" <sweir5...@rogers.com>
wrote:

> > I was looking around the web when I found the Nemo 33. It is a indoor
> > diving complex near Brussels. The amazing thing, there is a pit that
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> Mall, and a filled missile silo in Lubock Texas come quickly to mind.
> I know there are others.

I'm going diving in the Maui Ocean Center "Open Ocean" 750,000 gallon
shark tank next Friday. They just got a 6' tiger shark to play with.
I bet NEMO doesn't have a tiger shark.

http://www.mauioceancenter.com/NewsandCalendar/PressReleases/tigershark.html

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Le fantôme du Parc - 02 Apr 2007 02:43 GMT

Greg Mossman a écrit :

> I'm going diving in the Maui Ocean Center "Open Ocean" 750,000 gallon
> shark tank next Friday. They just got a 6' tiger shark to play with.
> I bet NEMO doesn't have a tiger shark.
>
> http://www.mauioceancenter.com/NewsandCalendar/PressReleases/tigershark.html

It says: "The animals in our care are fed according to their needs". I'm
glad for you.
I'm just back from a liveboard week in the Red Sea and had a real thrill
being examined for about a minute or so by a fearless 10' oceanic
whitetip shark. A very elegant fish. I was just starting my dive at a
depth of 40 meters while he was cruising 10 meters above us. As soon as
he detected me and my buddy he came to us for a quite intimidating
"predatory check". I guess mother nature had him "fed according to his
needs" since he left us just as quietly as he came to us. Nice encounter
anyway, it happened at Daedalus reef.
Have a nice friday dive and let us know!
I'll be diving in DomRep (poor caribean spot, family trip) next week,
northern Spain in June and hopefully in the Visayas islands in october.
Olivier

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Le fantôme du Parc - 02 Apr 2007 01:44 GMT

nuMNdvr a écrit :

My parisian diving club organises a trip to Nemo every winter. They
provide aqualung jackets and regulators. Water temperature is around 85°F.
Belgian beer (best in the world) makes this trip very popular among
divers here in Europe. Brussels is really cool and not too expensive.
Olivier

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