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.
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Follow the yellow brick road, follow the yellow brick road, follow, follow, follow, follow, follow the yellow brick road.
Where the dogs of society howl
Why would aliens put a road there?
“Papahānaumokuakea Marine National Monument”
Say this 3 times fast. I can. Only because I lived in Hawai’i for 5 years.
The most amazing part of this story is that CNET is still a thing...
Could Atlantis be in the Pacific or the Atlantic? I think Nostradomus prophecy said we’d find it.
“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.
Looks like sulfur.
Watched the video. What’s clear: these people have a pretty cool job.
Another reason I listen to Coast to Coast when I wake up at 2:00 am to pee.....
Does the Yellow Brick Road go to OZ? 🤓
I’m more impressed with the Giants Causeway in Ireland
Glad i could help. Did you see Toto’s paw prints? 😃👍
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