Gallery: DeepFlight Submarine 'Flies' Underwater

Underwater Exploration

DeepFlight Super Falcon Submersible

(Image credit: David Bush)

The DeepFlight Super Falcon is a two-seater, winged submersible that enables passengers to "fly" underwater. The submarine is developed by California-based Hawkes Ocean Technologies.

Here are photos from previous Super Falcon expeditions.

Nose Down

DeepFlight Super Falcon Diving Underwater

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A Super Falcon submersible dives underwater.

Ocean Explorer

DeepFlight Super Falcon Explores Reef

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A Super Falcon submersible explores an underwater reef, off the coast of San Francisco, Calif.

Pristine Waters

DeepFlight Super Falcon Off Tonga

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A DeepFlight Super Falcon is pictured underwater, off the coast of Tonga.

Dive!

Super Falcon Submersible Dives Underwater

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Two passengers dive underwater in a DeepFlight Super Falcon submersible.

Positively Buoyant

DeepFlight Super Falcon Surfaces

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A Super Falcon submersible returns to the surface, in the waters off the coast of San Francisco, Calif.

Cockpit View

DeepFlight Super Falcon Cockpit

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A view inside the DeepFlight Super Falcon's cockpit.

Over and Out

DeepFlight Super Falcon Being Lowered Into Water

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A Super Falcon submersible is lowered into the water.

Submarine Set-up

DeepFlight Super Falcon On Deck

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Officials prepare a DeepFlight Super Falcon submersible for a dive in the waters surrounding San Francisco, Calif.

Full Frontal

DeepFlight Super Falcon Front View

(Image credit: David Bush)

The front of the Super Falcon submersible.

Denise Chow
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Denise Chow was the assistant managing editor at Live Science before moving to NBC News as a science reporter, where she focuses on general science and climate change. Before joining the Live Science team in 2013, she spent two years as a staff writer for Space.com, writing about rocket launches and covering NASA's final three space shuttle missions. A Canadian transplant, Denise has a bachelor's degree from the University of Toronto, and a master's degree in journalism from New York University.