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Scientists Spot Bizarre 'Yellow Brick Road' in Pacific Ocean
cnet ^ | 5/10/2022 | Amanda Kooser

Posted on 05/10/2022 5:14:05 PM PDT by bitt

The Exploration Vessel Nautilus spotted a wild ocean floor feature that looked like a "yellow brick road to the mythical city of Atlantis" while studying the Liliʻuokalani Ridge.

Dorothy is going to need a diving suit.

The path to the Emerald City might travel along the ocean's bottom. The crew of the Exploration Vessel Nautilus caught sight of a strange-looking formation while studying an area called Liliʻuokalani Ridge in the Papahānaumokuakea Marine National Monument in the Pacific Ocean.

The feature resembles a road paved in cobblestones. Impressed researchers viewing live dive footage of the formation described it as a "yellow brick road" and "the road to Atlantis," and called it bizarre, cool and crazy in a video released last month.

6 min video

Nautilus spent most of April studying the geology and biological systems of seamounts, underwater mountains with volcanic origins. "At the summit of Nootka Seamount, the team spotted a 'dried lake bed' formation, now ID'ed as a fractured flow of hyaloclastite rock (a volcanic rock formed in high-energy eruptions where many rock fragments settle to the seabed)," the team said. The brick-like patterns likely come from heating and cooling cycles connected to eruptions.

The exploration vessel is operated by the nonprofit Ocean Exploration Trust, which livestreams the ship's adventures, giving viewers a firsthand look at what its remote-operated diving vehicles see in the deep.

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


TOPICS: Conspiracy; Outdoors; Science
KEYWORDS: pacificocean; yellowbrickroad
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1 posted on 05/10/2022 5:14:05 PM PDT by bitt
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2 posted on 05/10/2022 5:14:20 PM PDT by bitt ( <img src=' 'width=50%> )
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To: bitt

Follow the yellow brick road, follow the yellow brick road, follow, follow, follow, follow, follow the yellow brick road.


3 posted on 05/10/2022 5:15:55 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (I pledge allegiance to Hedy Lamarr)
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To: bitt

Where the dogs of society howl


4 posted on 05/10/2022 5:18:15 PM PDT by Gary from Dayton (Scary unvaccinated American )
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To: bitt

Why would aliens put a road there?


5 posted on 05/10/2022 5:23:27 PM PDT by sphinx
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To: bitt

More commentary here:

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4062146/posts


6 posted on 05/10/2022 5:23:44 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: bitt

“Papahānaumokuakea Marine National Monument”
Say this 3 times fast. I can. Only because I lived in Hawai’i for 5 years.


7 posted on 05/10/2022 5:25:21 PM PDT by ocrp1982 (God is Great and Jesus is Our Lord and Savior)
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To: bitt

The most amazing part of this story is that CNET is still a thing...


8 posted on 05/10/2022 5:27:37 PM PDT by reintarnation
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To: ocrp1982
“Papahānaumokuakea Marine National Monument” Say this 3 times fast.

pronounced this way...

supercalifragislicexpialidocious
9 posted on 05/10/2022 5:34:26 PM PDT by adorno
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To: rktman
Thanks, I stole the picture!


10 posted on 05/10/2022 5:36:41 PM PDT by bitt ( <img src=' 'width=50%> )
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To: bitt

Could Atlantis be in the Pacific or the Atlantic? I think Nostradomus prophecy said we’d find it.


11 posted on 05/10/2022 5:38:10 PM PDT by jacknhoo ( Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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12 posted on 05/10/2022 5:43:28 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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13 posted on 05/10/2022 5:46:59 PM PDT by GreenLanternCorps (Hi! I'm the Dread Pirate Roberts! (TM) Atsk about franchise opportunities in your area.)
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“The Exploration Vessel Nautilus spotted a wild ocean floor feature that looked like a “yellow brick road to the mythical city of Atlantis”

Sure it did.


14 posted on 05/10/2022 5:52:18 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: bitt

Looks like sulfur.


15 posted on 05/10/2022 5:54:19 PM PDT by 2001convSVT (Medicare for All = Medical Care for None!)
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To: bitt

Watched the video. What’s clear: these people have a pretty cool job.


16 posted on 05/10/2022 5:58:13 PM PDT by pepsi_junkie (Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
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Another reason I listen to Coast to Coast when I wake up at 2:00 am to pee.....


17 posted on 05/10/2022 6:01:34 PM PDT by Pigsley (I)
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To: bitt

Does the Yellow Brick Road go to OZ? 🤓


18 posted on 05/10/2022 6:12:56 PM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (I'm the ones trying to save American Democracy...Donald Trump 6/21 at the NCGOP convention! )
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I’m more impressed with the Giants Causeway in Ireland


19 posted on 05/10/2022 6:33:31 PM PDT by RedMonqey (Fu%k the Ballot box. Now the Cartridge Box)
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Glad i could help. Did you see Toto’s paw prints? 😃👍


20 posted on 05/10/2022 7:10:32 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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