Deepest Wreck Currently Under Excavation in U.S. Waters: Pickup Artist



Photograph courtesy NOAA

A suction cup attached to the end of a robotic arm gently picks up an artifact from the Monterey shipwreck in the Gulf of Mexico.

Pilots sitting on a boat thousands of feet up must carefully manipulate the controls to place the precious cargo into storage boxes so that the ROV can bring them back to the surface.


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