Photo of the Day 23 October 2008


Diver and Shipwreck, South China Sea, Philippines, 1994
Photograph by Emory Kristof
A diver measures the sunken remains of the San Diego in the South China Sea off the western Philippines. The 115-foot (35-meter) Spanish galleon went to the bottom with a rich cargo and most of its 450 men in December 1600 following a botched attempt to commandeer a Dutch pirate ship.