Underwater graveyard full of WWII planes is otherworldly

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Underwater graveyard full of WWII planes is otherworldly
BY ELIZABETH PIERSON1 hour ago

For 70 years, World War II planes have been resting in peace at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.

Although divers have enjoyed exploring the underwater graveyard since the 1960s, Brandi Mueller's photos allow us to admire these treasures without a wetsuit.

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"I find diving [to see] the airplanes really exciting," Mueller, a scuba diving instructor and boat captain, told Mashable. "It's a strange thing to see airplanes underwater. Shipwrecks you expect, but not airplanes."

The planes didn't actually crash at this particular location near the Marshall Islands, though. They were discarded there after WWII because it was too expensive to transport them back to the United States from the Kwajalein Atoll, according to Mueller.

The site includes Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers, F4U Corsairs, TBF/TBM Avengers, Helldivers, B-25 Mitchells, Curtiss C-46 Commandos and F4F Wildcats, which sit in the sand about 130 feet below the surface.

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Underwater graveyard full of WWII planes is otherworldly

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[dennis roadman]

crazy how death becomes life

 

[ADevilYouKhow]

crazy how death becomes life

So there's a ghost in the machine is what you're saying?

@tmonster

 

[Domingo Halliburton]

Well most of these companies problems is that they're useless and have no discernible business model not 'ego' or 'lack of funding'

 

[tmonster]

So there's a ghost in the machine is what you're saying?

@tmonster

 

[Cabbage Patch]

Where are the bodies?

I hope those guys were dead before they hit the water. How hard to you have to hit the ocean floor to have your plane end up upright for all eternity? and isn't it crazy how it landed smack dab in the middle of those two planes instead of on top of them.

 

[Canada Goose]

Where are the bodies?

I hope those guys were dead before they hit the water. How hard to you have to hit the ocean floor to have your plane end up upright for all eternity? and isn't it crazy how it landed smack dab in the middle of those two planes instead of on top of them.

I would imagine marine life ate them, that's what happens to bodies of people who jump off of the Golden Gate if they don't find there remains right away.