A photomosaic of the schooner Defiance, sunk in 1854. Resting in almost 200 feet of water, the wreck is challenging to document. Stitched together from hundreds of individual images, sanctuary archaeologists produced this photomosaic to capture the site’s state of preservation in 2010.

A photomosaic of the schooner Defiance, sunk in 1854. Resting in almost 61 meters (200 feet) of water, the wreck is challenging to document. Sanctuary archaeologists "stitched" together hundreds of individual images to produce this photomosaic and capture the site’s state of preservation in 2010. Image courtesy of Thunder Bay 2010 Expedition, NOAA-OER.

 

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