This pot was dropped in a mangrove lagoon in Key Largo, Florida in June, 2001. The image to the right is what the pot looked like after 14 months of living in the dark mangrove waters. The pot is suspended approximately 4-6 feet beneath the surface of the water. The organisms that have made a habitat of the pottery are primarily sponge, so I will leave it in place until the spring of 2003. By then it should have more significant growth of organisms containing calcium carbonite, which will harden when dried, instead of rotting like the sponges and tunicates will tend to do.

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