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'TRUK LAGOON'
A Hi Def video experience deep into Truk Lagoon
Introduced by film maker Edoardo
Pavia
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Italian technical diver and filmmaker Edoardo
Pavia has been filming the awesome wrecks of Truk Lagoon with
his Hi Def camera equipment and will introduce a special 1/2
hour documentary at Eurotek.2010.
Edoardo told the Eurotek team that this is a film that wreck
diving enthusiast simply cannot miss and the audience is promised
a viewing of some of the most spectacular footage shot in Truk
to date. Sit back and enjoy this Special Eurotek.2010 edition
film during the Sunday Lunchtime of the weekend.
Above:- Diver discovers
a bell during the 2010 Truk Lagoon expedition - Photo
copyright Leigh Bishop |
Truk Lagoon
In 1939 the Japanese moved their Combined Fleet to the safety
of Truk Lagoon and in 1941, when they bombed Pearl Harbour,
the base at Truk was considered to be instrumental in ensuring
it could happen. |
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Iconic images of Truk Lagoon
will grace this presentation |
Operation Hailstone was launched by the Americans
to destroy this stronghold of the Japanese fleet and over the
17th and18th of February 1944 over 60 vessels and 25 aircraft
were sunk.
Many of the shipwrecks are in shallow depths and easily accessible
by open circuit divers, with a few in the 60 to 70 metre range.
But, to explore all these wrecks to their full potential and
bring back hundreds of photographs and hours of footage of areas
not documented before we needed to use rebreathers.
In July 2010, after a lot of hard work by New Zealander Pete
Mesley, Edoardo and other international divers arrived to dive
Truk Lagoon on a variety of rebreathers mainly Inspirations
& Evolutions, typically spending around five hours a day
in the water and each amassing about 60 hours of in-water time. |
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Diver explores the lower levels of
the San Francisco Maru in Truk Lagoon Photo
by Leigh Bishop
This Film presentation will focus
on the the best diving locations of this dream wreck destination
on the remote island of Chuuk in Micronesia. The film will guide
the audience into wrecks such as the Aikoku Maru, San Francisco
Maru, Oti Destroyer and others where the divers accumulated
bottom times of up to one and a half hours quite literally enabling
them to explore, film and photograph the majority of the wreck
sites.
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Nothing compares to diving in Truk Lagoon
and this film is guaranteed to impress.
This is a story of Truk Lagoon on film, as never seen
before. |
Above Left: Guns in the jungle
left of the occupied Japanese forces
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Diver displays ammunition discovered
in the holds of a deep Truk Lagoon wreck |
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Sunset of the famous Truk Lagoon
Photo by Leigh Bishop
EuroTek note:-
If your interested in joining the team as they return back
to Truk Lagoon in 2011 please contact Leigh Bishop through
the EuroTek email link :-
Please entitle the subject of your mail 'Truk Lagoon' click
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