Photographic Imaging Technique (PIT)

Composite computer image of the Winch Hole utilizing PIT

Photographic Imaging Technique (PIT)

Gallery of Photographic Imaging Technique (PIT)

• Emerald Bay Historic Barges, Lake Tahoe, California:

  Dedicated September 23, 1994 as California's first underwater shipwreck park, the park site contains the remains of two massive barges which were abandoned in the 1920s.

• San Pedro Underwater Archaeological Preserve, Florida Keys:

  One of the famous 1733 Spanish vessels wrecked in the Florida Keys, and among the Florida Keys oldest artificial reefs, the San Pedro was established as Florida's second underwater shipwreck park on April 1, 1989.

• Winch Hole Historic Site, Key Largo National Marine Sanctuary, Florida Keys:

  One of the most popular scuba, snorkel, and glass bottom boat visited areas in the Florida Keys, with estimates of 1.5 million visitors per year. The site has numerous 19th century sailing vessel components, and maybe associated with the wreck of the 1887 Slobodna.

• Dominican Republic:

  Perhaps the most significant archaeological site in the Caribbean, the sinkhole Manantial de la Aleta is under investigation by Indiana University. The site contains rare intact artifacts from the Taino Indians who greeted Columbus upon his arrival in the New World.

• R421 Underwater Investigations course:

  As part of a class project, the students within the Underwater Science program develop site plans of a mock-shipwreck in a swimming pool. PIT has been applied to the resulting maps.

Underwater Science Program
URL: http://www.indiana.edu/~r424park/parkdev/pit.html
Last updated: October 21, 2001
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