George S. Geer Letters: Life Aboard an Ironclad
The Monitor's Rotating Gun Turret
The Monitor's Cannons
The Monitor's Anchor
The Monitor's Propeller
The Red Lantern
Silverware from the Monitor
The Monitor's Engine and Register
Condiments and Bottles
Monitor PhotomosaicsMonitor Photomosaics
Because cameras are limited in the field of view they can capture in a single frame, scientists use photomosaics, which are a series of images pieced together, to gain a "full" view. A photomosaic of the Monitor wreck was created in 1975 and, in 2006, images were collected to create a new mosaic. This new photomosaic will be available in 2007.
Monitor Photomosaic
The last photomosaic of the Monitor was created in 1975.
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Equipment Deployment
Equipment deployment during the Summer 2006 expedition to the Monitor National Marine Sanctuary. Thousands of images of the wreck were collected and will be pieced together to create a new photomosaic.
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In July 2006, the Monitor National Marine Sanctuary and the University of Rhode Island collaborated to collect high-resolution digital still and video imagery of the entire Monitor wreck site. The collected imagery will be made into a new photomosaic.
A photomosaic is created by combining several images into one complete image. Such mosaics provide scientists with an accurate picture of the entire wreck site and its surroundings, to allow them to track changes in the site over time.
The last photomosaic of the Monitor was completed in 1975, shortly after the wreck site was designated as a national sanctuary.
The new photomosaic will be completed in 2007. The 2006 expedition to collect images for the new mosaic was broadcast live via the Internet. Archived video from the expedition can be viewed on the OceansLive Web portal.
- Location: Monitor National Marine Sanctuary, 16 miles off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina
- Material: Computer-generated model
- Notable Features: Over 3,000 images will be pieced together to create the new photomosaic of the Monitor
Related Web Sites:
Monitor National Marine Sanctuary
National Marine Sanctuary Program
The Monitor Center at The Mariners' Museum
Works Consulted:
Monitor National Marine Sanctuary. (1994). A look at the Monitor National Marine Sanctuary: Past, Present and Future.
Monitor National Marine Sanctuary. (2005). Monitor National Marine Sanctuary factsheet.
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