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Robot probes 16th century Italian shipwreck 1.5 miles below the Mediterranean

Popular Science·Mack DeGeurin·24 days ago
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This photograph shows a screen displaying live footage of the CAMARA 4 wreck and its cargo, transmitted by the "ROV C 4000", a remotely operated vehicle manufactured by the French company LD Travocean and designed for seabed exploration, during an archaeological mission on the CAMARA 4 wreck from the bridge of the (BSAA) Jason, off the coast of Ramatuel, in southeastern France on April 7, 2026. Over the course of three days, teams from the French Navy's Center for Human Diving and Underwater Operations (CEPHISMER) and the Department of Underwater and Submarine Archaeological Research (DRASSM Ministry of Culture), along with members of the French Navy, are participating in a new exploration mission to map the site and collect samples of ceramics found in a wreck believed to be a 16th-century merchant ship which lies at a depth of 2,500 meters, making it the deepest wreck ever discovered in French waters.…

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