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An underwater observatory inexplicably went missing from the bottom of a bay...
CNN ^ | Scottie Andrew,

Posted on 09/07/2019 8:14:36 AM PDT by BenLurkin

The Boknis Eck Observatory might've been "forcibly removed" from a bay in Germany, the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research in Kiel said.

Data transmission from the underwater sensors suddenly cut out one night in August, GEOMAR said. When divers went to investigate at the observatory site, they found nothing but a shredded cable that once anchored it.

The observatory, planted in Kiel's Eckernförde Bay in 2016, consists of two "desk-sized" racks: One acts as a power source, tethered to the coast by a cable, and the other contains the sensors that transmit data back to shore. Both were missing when divers went to investigate...

The observatory costs around $330,000... Its sensors measure the sea's salinity, concentrations of methane, oxygen and carbon dioxide and temperature.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: 201908; avastyeswabs; bokniseck; carbondioxide; clintonnonnews; cnn; co2; eckernfordebay; geomar; germany; globalwarminghoax; greennewdeal; helmholtzcentre; isolatedincidents; methane; notmyfault; oxygen; scottieandrew; shivermetimbers
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1 posted on 09/07/2019 8:14:36 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Was that all it was monitoring?

Vlad?

Ghisline?

Xi?


2 posted on 09/07/2019 8:16:38 AM PDT by CondorFlight
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To: BenLurkin

Sounds like the opening credits of a 1950’s SF movie.


3 posted on 09/07/2019 8:16:41 AM PDT by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
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To: BenLurkin
Someone released the Kraken... apparently.
4 posted on 09/07/2019 8:17:57 AM PDT by El Cid (Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house...)
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To: BenLurkin
In before neocon trolls.
5 posted on 09/07/2019 8:18:11 AM PDT by NorseViking
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To: BenLurkin

Probably eBay sellers looking for stock....


6 posted on 09/07/2019 8:20:17 AM PDT by proxy_user
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7 posted on 09/07/2019 8:25:06 AM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: BenLurkin

Worked in oceanography for some time.

If you can’t afford to loose it, don’t put it in the ocean.


8 posted on 09/07/2019 8:25:17 AM PDT by sasquatch
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To: BenLurkin

Either Russians...or copper thieves. :)


9 posted on 09/07/2019 8:25:23 AM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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To: BenLurkin

Not mein faulten!


10 posted on 09/07/2019 8:25:33 AM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: BenLurkin

Trump’s fault.


11 posted on 09/07/2019 8:25:41 AM PDT by democratsaremyenemy (Streepisacreep)
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To: CondorFlight

Stolen by the Russians, undoubtedly. That Russian nuke sub that sank specialized in ops like this.


12 posted on 09/07/2019 8:28:06 AM PDT by lodi90
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To: BenLurkin

What did they expect leaving something laying around on the seabed?


13 posted on 09/07/2019 8:38:44 AM PDT by Kirkwood (Zombie Hunter)
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To: BenLurkin

[[An underwater observatory inexplicably went missing]]

were the guards for epstein in charge of protecting it?


14 posted on 09/07/2019 8:42:09 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: BenLurkin

Someone dragging anchor?


15 posted on 09/07/2019 8:43:10 AM PDT by chaosagent (Remember, no matter how you slice it, forbidden fruit still tastes the sweetest!)
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I can not tell a lie.
I took it. It is in the pond in my back yard.


16 posted on 09/07/2019 8:44:57 AM PDT by Joe Boucher ( Molon Labe' baby, Molon Labe)
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To: BenLurkin

Evidently Trump and Putin stole it, just ask CNN


17 posted on 09/07/2019 8:45:12 AM PDT by okie 54
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To: BenLurkin

Damned draggers anyway ...


18 posted on 09/07/2019 8:47:19 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: chaosagent

Someone dragging anchor?


More likely commercial fishermen dragging a trawl net


19 posted on 09/07/2019 8:48:23 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: Mr. Jeeves

Could be someone fishing for scrap metal with a electromagnet.


20 posted on 09/07/2019 9:10:20 AM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit)
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