The ocean hides many interesting things.
The oceans cover about 70 percent of the Earth’s surface, but he studied people with only 5%. It turns out that the mankind can not even imagine what secrets hide deep blue water. But this review contains “a dozen” incredible ocean finds, which offer people new facets of the past. Present, and sometimes even allow you to see into the future.
1. The movement of tectonic plates
coast of Iceland
In recent years North American and Eurasian tectonic plates diverge farther from each other because the North American plate moving West. This spectacular phenomenon can be seen both on land and in deep water, if located between these two plates near Iceland. It’s been close to underwater photographers and scuba divers.
Diver and marine biologist Alexander Gorchakov, who researched the area, spoke about his experience as something incredible. However, he notes that the unprepared visitors to this site can easily encounter disorientation and dizziness because of the huge “walls” of the plates and the crystal clear waters. Now plates diverge at a rate of about 2.5 cm per year.
2. The City Of Pavlopetri
the South coast of Greece
Discovered in 1967 by Dr. Nick Flemming, this port city of the Neolithic period can be found under water off the southern coast of Greece. This place was discovered of ancient pottery, so the archeologists assumed that the city of Pavlopetri was involved in trade, both on land and at sea. According to Flemming, Pavlopetri is thousands of years older than most of the ancient underwater ruins that have already been discovered. The estimated area of the city is about 100,000 square meters.
The remote location has kept the ruins from looting and ultimate destruction. The Neolithic ceramics is one of the most notable finds in this underwater city. Thanks to her researchers understand how ancient are these ruins. Initially it was thought that Pavlopetri was built during the bronze age. But after further research, the city was more than 1,000 years older than previously thought.
3. Underwater river
The black sea
At the bottom of the Black sea there is a whole ecosystem of a flowing river, rapids and waterfalls. Sounds — the river flowing through the bottom of the sea… In fact, this is because the water in the river is much more saline and therefore denser than the surrounding water in the Black sea. The high salinity of this water allows it to flow quickly through the sea, thus creating the river. As if this is unusual enough, it is believed that a large amount of the river (depth of 35 meters and width 1 km) makes it the sixth most affluent river in the world.
Finding this wonderful little ecosystem in the sea may be crucial for the understanding of the researchers of the earth’s oceans as a whole. This discovery could potentially help scientists to better understand life under water and the different conditions that allow these phenomena to occur on our planet.
4. Canyon Pearl
The Bering sea
Those who believe that underwater river is impressive, will surely enjoy this underwater canyon. It is so huge that it can only be seen from space. Located in the Bering sea, the Pearl is the deep underwater canyon. Given its volume of 5,800 cubic kilometers and a depth of 2.6 kilometers, the Pearl could fit the entire Grand Canyon. This canyon can easily travel submarines.
5. Bimini road
the coast of the Bahamas
One of the most popular tourist attractions of the Bahamas is “Bimini road” – an underwater road, which opened in 1930-ies. The origin of this formation at the bottom is unknown, although many believe that this is the path leading to the lost city of Atlantis. Located at a depth of only 6 meters, Bimini road are available to anyone who wants to dive and to see the mysterious formation of our own eyes.
6. British Atlantis
North sea
Although this Atlantis has yet to find a similar discovery was made deep in the North sea. “Doggerland” is the name of a huge land floating in the ocean for at least 8 500 years ago. Researchers believe that earlier this plot of land stretched from Scotland to Denmark and once it was inhabited by mammoths. Once this land was inhabited by Mesolithic people, she in the end went to the bottom of the sea.
Those who opened Doggerland, called it “the real heart of Europe” because of its large size and huge hypothetical community of hunter-gatherers (tens of thousands) who lived here. Doggerland particularly impressive is the fact that thanks to him, scientists have learned the following: the Islands that are now great Britain, was once linked to the rest of Europe. Although this is not the real Atlantis, this underwater world is so interesting.
7. The Ruins Of Atlit Yam
The Mediterranean sea
Ancient cities found under the sea, always intriguing, no matter how many of them were discovered. The ruins of Atlit-Yam is located at a depth of 8-12 meters in the Mediterranean sea off the coast of Israel. It is believed that discovered in 1984, the city dates to the Neolithic era and is one of the largest underwater villages, which have ever been found. During exploration in Atlit-Yam have found the remains of houses, wells, people and animals, as well as objects, artifacts and mysterious structures Dating back to thousands of years.
One of its most impressive structures is considered a ritual place, consisting of huge stones arranged in a circle around what used to be the source. Around the city and found in it sixty-five places of burial of human remains, some of which have provided scientists evidence of the earliest known cases of tuberculosis. Were also found bones of wild and domesticated animals, suggesting that those who inhabited the Atlit-Yam, hunted and raised animals for food.
8. Black smokers
the coast of Norway/Greenland
Under water sometimes there are unusual demophobia education, when sea water meets the magma. These hydrothermal vents are one of the varieties of hot spring spills water jets and liquids, where the temperature reaches 370 degrees Celsius and above. They are often called “black smokers” because of the color of their “smoke”, which is a suspension of sulfur compounds with iron, copper and zinc.
Similar holes have been found in different places in the world’s oceans, but the Northern group of “smokers” was discovered in the Arctic circle between Norway and Greenland in 2008. In this place there are five black smokers that look like underwater towers, from the tops of which there is black smoke. One of them with a height of almost four stories.
9. Fleet
Chu lagoon
Shipwreck – one of the most interesting things you can find in the ocean. They tell the story of other times, and often thanks to them that people will know what happened hundreds of years ago. Chuuk lagoon is in the Caroline Islands in the Pacific ocean, North of New Guinea and East of Philippines.
Here was discovered the wreckage of countless Japanese ships and planes that were destroyed during the Second world war. About “Ghost fleet” in 1969 he made the film Jacques Cousteau. It is alleged that the remains of the bodies still remain among ships and aircraft, and the place itself is partially visible above the water surface.
10. The great Blue hole
coast of Belize
The great Blue hole in Belize every year attracts curious divers and thrill seekers. Located off the coast of Belize, this natural gap is the largest underwater karst funnel in the world. For the first time about the “hole” made the film in 1971, Jacques Cousteau, and since then this place has become a tourist attraction.
Formed a Large Blue hole limestone cave during the last glacial period hundreds of thousands of years ago. Its size is really impressive – the “hole” on the bottom of the sea is 300 meters in diameter, and its depth is 125 metres.
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