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[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago

That is a diver’s suit, not a SCUBA suit. SCUBA stands for “self contained underwater breathing apparatus”, and the self contained part was the big benefit over a diver’s suit like the one pictured. It doesn’t need a support ship to supply air to the diver, since the air supply is self contained.