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 5-7 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.
