Power Failure Photograph by Brian Skerry When the lights blink off and air circulators fall silent, operations manager Jim Buckley radios mission control in Key Largo 10 miles (20 kilometers) away. Speeding to the rescue, the support crew discovers that moisture in the fuel has shut down one of the generators in the life-support buoy moored above Aquarius. "Losing power is not an issue with our guests, the scientists," says Buckley. "The most stressed people are the crew who have to come out and restart the systems."
Power Failure
Photograph by Brian Skerry

When the lights blink off and air circulators fall silent, operations manager Jim Buckley radios mission control in Key Largo 10 miles (20 kilometers) away. Speeding to the rescue, the support crew discovers that moisture in the fuel has shut down one of the generators in the life-support buoy moored above Aquarius. "Losing power is not an issue with our guests, the scientists," says Buckley. "The most stressed people are the crew who have to come out and restart the systems."