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Fascinating!

In the header image, the interesting gray-bar informational panel placed on the wreck caught my eye. I wonder what it's for?

I assume it's to calibrate scale and color for the underwater photography equipment, but would be interested to learn more from someone who knows for certain.



Yes, looks like ground control points for photogrammetry. https://www.pix4d.com/blog/diving-into-underwater-photogramm...


And why does it have a U. S. National Parks Service logo on it?


It's a photogrammetry scale card made for the National Park Service, probably the Submerged Resources Center which often assists with this kind of stuff.

The NPS has a few different ones for paleontology, underwater archaeology, etc.


Informative answer, thanks.




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