Irma battered, but didn’t beat, this beloved underwater lab
Miami Herald, 09/27/2017
Aquanauts gather outside the Florida International University’s Aquarius underwater lab off Key Largo in this undated photo by Mark Widick. Read Article
How to visit the Florida Keys like a NASA aquanaut
Travel & Leisure, 03/06/2017
While civilians will not be able to experience the same extreme conditions as NEEMO’s aquanauts (and really, would you want to?), they can dive close to the station and get a glimpse at how tough astronaut training can be. Read Article
Living the life sub-aquatic
BBC Radio 4, 03/09/2015
Whatever happened to the dream of living under the sea? Helen Scales investigates. View Gallery
Incredible underwater shots of astronauts pretending to be in space
Universe Today, 6/12/2014
Astronauts make regular trips into a shallow part of Key Largo to simulate asteroid missions and learn about procedures that could be used in space. View Gallery
Finding NEEMO
South Florida Sun Sentinel, 11/22/2013
Outside the underwater NOAA Aquarius Reef Base, Boca Raton resident Mark Widick snapped pictures of aquanauts as they drove submarines and bounded across the sea floor, kicking up sand clouds in their wake. Read Article
‘The Deep and the Shallow’: Cultural Council showcases water photography
Palm Beach Daily News, 12/08/2013
Their subjects are as close to home as the Blue Heron Bridge, or as inaccessible as the Aquarius base off Key Largo, where Mark Widick captures images of National Aeronautics and Space Administration aquanauts conducting experiments associated with space travel. Read Article
Artful Doctors
Florida Trend, 11/01/2009
His father was an engineer at NASA, so Widick grew up fascinated with the U.S. space program, and with photography. “When I was 11, I was taking pictures of the Apollo 15 launch.” He still has the photo. It’s square with the date printed on it; he took it with a little box camera. Read Article