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Old 16-05-2011, 10:59 AM
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Wreckage becoming seascape

I took this photo last week at Truk Lagoon in Micronesia. It is an engine & propellor from a Mitsubishi "Betty" bomber that was shot down during Operation Hailstone in 1944. You can see it is morphing into a coral reef: war wreckage turning into part of the sea.
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