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Swiss born physicist, Auguste Picard (L), poses with his son Jacques Picard (R) on the deck of the Trieste bathyscaphe in 1953. Jacques Piccard was a member of team which established a world record bydiving 10'900m in the Trieste bathyscaphe. Auguste and Jacques Piccard are respectively the grandfather and father of Swiss Balloonist Bertrand Piccard who is about to realize a non-stop round-the-world trip onboard the Breitling Orbiter 3 balloon. (KEYSTONE/AFP/Str)