European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 2, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Smej his Dothe eerie world of the Cayman Wall a Greel layer cake o1 Elf Wionea in the Caribbean can now be viewed in submarine Type vehicles used As i seagoing tour base f. T wonders of Cayman Wall opened by submersibles i geographic Naii Onat geographic harks Dart in and Oul of Tovje Itig above is the where elephant sponges live. Still further up Rossar the Suraco the Teel is alive with Barracuda Stingray Parrot Lish. And Garden eels these and other wonders of the Rene escarpment the submersibles Are used As seagoing Lour Busas Throe summer stores expo a the Wall at varying deems. Atlantis i resembles a Conven Lial submarine can carry up to 28 passengers on a one hour. Do to Depths of 1 50 Leet. Such owes Aie so popular thai 46-Passonger Sumor Silas Are now operating in a Bados and the Virgin is Laws others arc planned Lor the Pacific lha red sea and the Mediterranean. a toot Long pc 1203 carries two. With a picture window Lor viewing. It can descend As deep at 1 ,000 feet and.,. Usually ramain5subTrgod. Or about eight hours the Mie world of the deep Chari can v be seen irom the Pisces la which carries . 3,280 eel a manipulator Arm lets he. P a retrieve objects from the sea floor. Mane biologist ii Gene Clark recently completed a year s research on the Wall logging More than a Hundred hours on dives ranging from a Lew Hundred fee. 1o 3,. Nor Riina the dives revealed an sex Ordinary tto h " Thyl Wall a the Wahs great jul ewes in i Walt drops from Ino to 3,200 test three mites offshore. It can be divided roughly into four Zor of me reetwail.hay5.aoks, and deep. ,. Bathed in Bright Caribbean song he abounds with corals and fishes. Farther out of the Wall immense Variel _ elephant ear pm go Leal rope barrel ports of this upper face of the Wall May have eroded and fallen Down to form Zislin Clive haystacks at a level Between 600 and 1,000 feel. This dimly lit area is frequented by Sharks starfish sea whip corals and umbrella shaped crinoids. Also at this level lies the wreck of the. Freighter Kirk Pride which Sank when it struck the reef during a 1976 storm. Below in the fourth zone known As the deep the Soa floor Banks Gally for three Miles in the deep Island slope then plunges once More to 3,200 feet. No Sun penetrates to the deep horns of a variety of strange species weirdly adapted to their dark Distant include the cookie Cutter shark the coffin Lish the tripod Lish the spidery armed jellyfish and a swimming sea. Cucumber. V Clark Calls the Watt one of the most Beautiful and bizarre habitats for Marine life thai i have encountered id 42 Yeara of. Undersea research Page 16 the stars and Stripe Friday. December 2,1988
