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Wrecks of the Abyss

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  • Amphoreas on the ocean floor in the Aegean Sea, a sign of a ship wreck.
  • An ROV used by Dr. Bob Ballard's crew to look for wrecks.
  • Dr. Bridget Buxton, is a classical historian and archaeologist, with interests in Hellenistic and Roman Imperial civilization in the East, Greek religion, and underwater archaeology. She currently teaches courses in ancient history and archaeology at the University of Rhode Island, where she is an assistant professor.
  • An early Hawaiian Ship on open water.
  • The ROV Hercules is submerged.
  • Dr. Bob Ballard with an ROV on the deck of the Nautilus.
  • Dr. Bob Ballard searches for shipwrecks on the Aegean Sea.
  • Dr. Bob Ballard with his son aboard the Nautilus.
  • A crew member of the Nautilus looking for wrecks in the Aegean Sea.
  • Dr. bob Ballard and crew in the control room at the Inner Space Center.
  • Sunset in Santorini, Greece.
  • The Makali'i, a traditional Polynesian voyaging canoe, sailing off the coast of Kawaihae, the Big Island in Hawai'i.
  • CGI IMAGE: Bob Ballard walking through a simulation of Titanic wreckage falling onto a Nebraska wheat field. The visual metaphor explains how difficult it is to find parts of the Titanic wreckage in the ocean.
  • CGI IMAGE: A map showing the search area between Halicarnassus, Knidos and Kamiros. Dr. Bob Ballard thinks that this area has many wrecks of ancient cargo ships.
  • CGI IMAGE: An ancient amphora ship sailing to its next destination. An amphora is a clay jar, the shipping container of the ancient world. They were used to transport everything such as grain, olive oil and wine.
  • Bob Ballard looks over the bow of the Nautilus at sunset.
  • An eel crosses a field of amphorea: jars part of a shipwreck.
  • ROV Hercules being brought up from the ocean.
  • The foggy coastline of the Aegean Sea.
  • Sunset on the horizon of the Aegean Sea.

  • Amphoreas

    Photograph by NGT

    Amphoreas on the ocean floor in the Aegean Sea, a sign of a ship wreck.

  • Wreck Searcher

    Photograph by NGT

    An ROV used by Dr. Bob Ballard's crew to look for wrecks.

  • Dr. Bridget Buxton

    Photograph by NGT

    Dr. Bridget Buxton, is a classical historian and archaeologist, with interests in Hellenistic and Roman Imperial civilization in the East, Greek religion, and underwater archaeology. She currently teaches courses in ancient history and archaeology at the University of Rhode Island, where she is an assistant professor.

  • Early Hawaiian Ship

    Photograph by NGT

    An early Hawaiian Ship on open water.

  • Hercules

    Photograph by NGT

    The ROV Hercules is submerged.

  • Dr. Ballard with ROV

    Photograph by NGT

    Dr. Bob Ballard with an ROV on the deck of the Nautilus.

  • Searching for Shipwrecks

    Photograph by NGT

    Dr. Bob Ballard searches for shipwrecks on the Aegean Sea.

  • Dr. Ballard and Son

    Photograph by NGT

    Dr. Bob Ballard with his son aboard the Nautilus.

  • Advanced Technology

    Photograph by NGT

    A crew member of the Nautilus looking for wrecks in the Aegean Sea.

  • In the Control Room

    Photograph by NGT

    Dr. bob Ballard and crew in the control room at the Inner Space Center.

  • Sunset in Santorini

    Photograph by NGT

    Sunset in Santorini, Greece.

  • The Makali'i

    Photograph by NGT

    The Makali'i, a traditional Polynesian voyaging canoe, sailing off the coast of Kawaihae, the Big Island in Hawai'i.

  • Simulated Wreckage

    Photograph by NGT

    CGI IMAGE: Bob Ballard walking through a simulation of Titanic wreckage falling onto a Nebraska wheat field. The visual metaphor explains how difficult it is to find parts of the Titanic wreckage in the ocean.

  • The Search Area

    Photograph by NGT

    CGI IMAGE: A map showing the search area between Halicarnassus, Knidos and Kamiros. Dr. Bob Ballard thinks that this area has many wrecks of ancient cargo ships.

  • Ancient Amphora Ship

    Photograph by NGT

    CGI IMAGE: An ancient amphora ship sailing to its next destination. An amphora is a clay jar, the shipping container of the ancient world. They were used to transport everything such as grain, olive oil and wine.

  • The Nautilus at Sunset

    Photograph by NGT

    Bob Ballard looks over the bow of the Nautilus at sunset.

  • Field of Amphorea

    Photograph by NGT

    An eel crosses a field of amphorea: jars part of a shipwreck.

  • Back from the Depths

    Photograph by NGT

    ROV Hercules being brought up from the ocean.

  • The Aegean Sea

    Photograph by NGT

    The foggy coastline of the Aegean Sea. 

  • Horizon at Sunset

    Photograph by NGT

    Sunset on the horizon of the Aegean Sea. 

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