Underwater robotics expert reveals 'shipwreck city' hiding beneath major urban lake
Underwater robotics expert Phil Parisi is investigating nearly 100 submerged targets in Seattle's Lake Union, many of which are believed to be shipwrecks. Using remotely operated vehicles, he aims to document and verify sites previously identified in sonar surveys but not visually confirmed. The lake's deeper areas, described as a 'ghost town,' lack marine life but contain a rich concentration of maritime wreckage.
- ▪Phil Parisi is using remotely operated vehicles to investigate underwater targets in Lake Union, Seattle.
- ▪Approximately half of the 100 mapped targets in the lake are believed to be shipwrecks.
- ▪Many of the sites have not been visually confirmed or explored by divers despite prior sonar mapping.
- ▪Lake Union has served as a working waterway for over a century, supporting shipbuilding and vessel traffic.
- ▪Parisi described deeper areas of the lake, beyond 25 feet, as having a 'harsh lack of life' but abundant wreckage.
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