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TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY PATRICK FILLEUX - A computer generated image released by French architect Jacques Rougerie shows the future ocean going research vessel SeaOrbiter, whose construction is to begin in 2014. The laboratory, a semi-submersible craft weighing 1000 tons, is planned to allow scientists and others a residential yet mobile research station positioned under the oceans' surface. AFP PHOTO/SEAORBITER/JACQUES ROUGERIE