Sailors build artificial reef [Image 2 of 2]

JOINT EXPEDITIONARY BASE LITTLE CREEK, VA, UNITED STATES

04.28.2010

Courtesy Photo

U.S. Navy           

Sailors assigned to Amphibious Construction Battalion 2, use heavy machinery to load oyster shells for two new artificial oyster reef sites in the mud flats of Little Creek Cove. The oysters are the naturally occurring Eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica, which can filter 50 gallons of water individually each day. (U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Scott Pittman)

• Date Taken: 04.28.2010
• Date Posted: 04.29.2010 15:20
• Photo ID: 274466
• VIRIN: 100428-N-3154P-123
• Resolution: 3872x2592
• Size: 1.28 MB
• Location: JOINT EXPEDITIONARY BASE LITTLE CREEK, VA, US