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[Artemis]

‘Legacy’ data of the Batavia excavation c.1970. Credit: WA Museum

The underwater environment, especially on shipwreck sites, can be difficult to work in and dangerous at times.

Batavia is one example of this, located on the outer ring of Morning Reef, it is regularly subjected to heavy swells.

Luckily on this day the conditions were perfect and the underwater visibility was fantastic, allowing for quality image capturing.

The results are still a work in progress and I need to further refine the methodology for recording shipwreck sites.

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