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These red cap photos pay tribute to Jacques Cousteau’s enduring impact on ocean exploration.
Jacques Cousteau with the diving team in an underwater house called the Conshelf 2, circa 1970s
Jacques Cousteau and his first wife Simone on board the Calypso, their research ship. 1959.
Jacques Cousteau with two divers on the Conshelf I, 1962.
Philippe Cousteau, son of Jacques Cousteau, 1975. He really looks like his father.
Jacques Cousteau with his son Philippe, circa 1960s
Jacques Cousteau in 1954
Jacques Cousteau with his crew aboard the Calypso in 1978. It was originally a British minesweeper, and was converted into a research vessel.
Jacques Cousteau in the 1970s
Jacques Cousteau at a “Save the Whales and Ocean” event, 1976.
Diver Guy Morandière with an octopus, photographed by Jacques Cousteau in 1950
A signed photo of Cousteau, circa 1970s
Princess Grace and Prince Rainier of Monaco with Jacques Cousteau, 1967.
Jacques Cousteau in 1970, after a 3-year and 8-month expedition aboard the Calypso.
Jacques Cousteau playing with artifacts in the mid-1970s
Jacques Cousteau showing off his spherical underwater habitat design, 1964
Jacques Cousteau and his “diving saucer” submarine. 1960s
Jacques Cousteau and pilot Bob Braunbeck take off in the helicopter ‘Félix’ from the deck of the Calypso. Circa 1975.
President Kennedy presenting Jacques Cousteau with the National Geographic Society’s Gold Medal, 1961.
Jacques Cousteau in 1972. Those eyes have seen a lot.
Jacques Cousteau demonstrating his latest invention, the Aqualung, in 1950. It allowed divers to breathe at depths of 200 feet without needing to be connected to the surface.
John Denver on the deck of Jacques Cousteau’s research ship the Calypso, 1974. Denver later wrote the song ‘Calypso’ as a tribute to Cousteau.
The Cousteau family, 1939. Left to right: Jean-Pierre, Jean-Michel, Jacques, Simone, and Philippe.