Editorial

Staff · Issue 122, Sep/Oct 2021 · pp. 4

NewsDeep Dive DubaiDeepspotBlue Abysseditorial20th anniversaryiPhone panoramasequipment reviewsPhil Rudin

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Editorial Deep Dive Dubai The news that Deep Dive Dubai (DDD) is open is a welcome story and, even if we never get the chance to dive it, we can all imagine the large range of uses that such an impressive facility can provide. Pools still exist which were built with feature film work in mind but they have tended to be industrialised swimming pools and definitely not open to the general public and that’s why DDD is so welcome. It is not, however, the first such facility. Deepspot in Poland opened last year and is 45 metres (actually 45m and 47cm!) and is the deepest facility in Europe. Now DDD, at 60 metres, is the deepest in the world and, no doubt, like skyscrapers, the next will have to deeper than 60 metres. Whatever the incentive there should be more of these facilities in every country and we currently, in the south west of the UK, have a proposal to build ‘Blue Abyss’ - a facility …

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