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Amphora 1
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- This short video clip is a bird's eye view of a small section of the Melkarth site, showing how many of the amphorae are still stacked like they were on the deck of the ship when it went down 2,500 years ago. You can also see one of the unusual eel-like deep water fish swimming over the wrecksite. |
Amphora 2
68 KB | - This video clip shows two of the huge sea-fan like coral formations growing out of the jumble of amphorae on the site. For size
reference, the amphorae in the picture are all about 3 feet long. |
Fishgame
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- This video clip shows one of the eel-like fish, that live in the amphorae, coming out of its den to challenge the ROV's manipulator. |
ROV Launch
152 KB | - The Odyssey team launching the "Max Rover" ROV, from the deck of the Research Vessel Seahawk, to view the "Melkarth" Phoenician shipwreck site.The ROV will take about 45 minutes to reach the wrecksite, nearly 3,000 feet below. |
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