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In this photo provided by the Florida Keys News Bureau, diving explorer and medical researcher Dr. Joseph Dituri, right, waves to Sta. Cruz 527 2900
scuba diver Thane Milhoan, left, Saturday, May 13, 2023, while in Jules' Undersea Lodge, positioned at the bottom of a 30-foot-deep San Nicolas 584 5000
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tion in 2014. But Dituri isn't
just settling for the record
and resurfacing: He plans
to stay at the lodge until
June 9, when he reaches
100 days and completes
an underwater mission
dubbed Project Neptune
100.
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