Wednesday, September 14, 2011

NWHI-day 12 Pearl Hermes Atoll

Another full day diving, this time at Pearl and Hermes Atoll. The visibility was the clearest so far with over 150 ft vis. Our plan was to visit one of the shipwreck sites that named this atoll. The wreck was located in 15 ft of water and parts of the ship was scattered all over. Here I am on one of the two anchors remaining.
Dr. Randy Kosaki also joined us and he explored parts of the wreck as well. Randy is the Chief scientist on board and a excellent free diver. He enjoys the water and fishing/diving is in his blood. As usual Uluas escorted us everywhere we went as if they were guardians of this atoll, showing us the way.

Archeologist, Kelly Gleason gave us the tour and description of each of the artifacts of the wreck. This here was a canon on board that ship. I shot over 1800 photos today with over 23 gigs so gotta go download my photos. We have another day here so can't wait to see more.

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