Tom Tilmon hails from North Carolina and uses a
Dolphin Pro Housing with his Sony TRV103 Digital8
camcorder.
He sent us a nice collection from different
areas including some images taken from the tanker
Cassimir. The Cassimir
collided with the SS Lara in
February 1942 and sank in 120 feet. Five crewmen died
in the sinking. During
a safety stop he saw two spotted eagle rays cruising about 50 feet
below him.
The image of 2 Sandbar sharks was
taken inside the NC Aquarium at Ft. Fisher
by Tom's brother Mike Tilmon who is a volunteer aquarium diver. No filters or lights were used. No
color editing done. A unique way to film
sharks!
He also included shots from the Shipwreck Hyde which
is an artificial reef off Wrightsville Beach, N.C. The Hyde lies at
70 feet and the photos were taken with no lights or filters.
There are some photos from the
Shipwreck John D. Gill. They were taken with no lights or filters
and a little color editing using Adobe.
The Gill was a large oil tanker on
her second voyage. She was torpedoed by the U-158 in March of 1942.
The German U-Boat 158 was Captained by Kapitanleutnant Erik Rostin.
23 men died in the fires and sinking of the tanker laden with fuel
oil. There was a humungous ray, probably a southern stingray, on one
of these dives and a swarm of cobia running 5-6 feet long which may
give an idea of the size of the ray.
