From mysterious anomalies that haven't been explained, to pieces of history that took
a long time to be found.
Join me as I show you some of the most unbelievable discoveries made underwater.
9.
The Baltic Sea Anomaly In the Baltic Sea there is a "formation" on
the depths of its floor that when looked at from above, does resemble the legendary ship
driven by Han Solo in Star Wars.
Yes, it looks like the Millennium Falcon.
No joke.
This interesting formation was found in 2012 by treasure hunters.
A sonar device they had picked up the formation, and when they went to explore it themselves,
they found a "formation" unlike anything they've seen or heard about before.
What made it strange wasn't just its shape, but also that it was 300 feet below the depths
of the sea, as well as the fact that this "formation" is 210 feet long.
Ever since its discovery, people have been working out, or trying to work out, exactly
what this thing is, who made it, and why.
Some even feel it was an alien craft that someone crashed into the sea.
Divers were able to get samples of the formation though, and based on scientific research,
it was later determined that the formation was just that, a rock formation made by glacier
movement.
But...not everyone is buying that theory.
Especially since something about the anomaly causes electrical devices to stop working
as it gets near it.
What kind of "natural formation" does that?
Not one that many has heard of.
So what exactly is the Baltic Sea Anomaly?
And how did it get to that specific of a formation?
The mystery continues.
8.
A Massive Gap Between The Tectonic Plates The Earth may seem like a very basic place
at times, but there are many things working together to ensure that it doesn't go awry.
Such as the tectonic plates, which not only hold our planet together, but allow us to
live above water.
That's because these plates are what the continents of our world are on, and thus, there are 7
massive plates underneath the surface within the Lithosphere, and the study of them have
been a major focus point for scientists over the years, especially when they realized that
they were moving away from one another.
For the record, that's a bad thing.
Specifically, the North American and Eurasian plates are moving farther and farther apart
from each other every year.
No need to panic just yet, it's only moving apart about an inch a year, but still, they're
moving.
And if you go underwater, you can actually see the gap between the plates.
Should you want to do this, you'll need to go to Iceland, where the gap can be found,
and you'll be amazed by what you see.
The water is apparently crystal clear, and the sight of the walls of the plates and their
verticality can be quite mind-blowing.
This has become a somewhat frequent spot for divers to see the beauty of the ocean, and
it's something that definitely shocked people when it was found.
And can you blame them for their shock?
7.
Apollo 11 Engine The Space Race was one of the most important
times for the people of many nations, especially the United States and the then USSR.
In 1969, the Apollo 11 shuttle took three men from the United States to the moon, and
it was a resounding success, they landed on it, and the world was never the same.
As was standard procedure, after the shuttle took off from Florida, it ascended to the
sky via a course over the ocean.
When it did, it detached many parts from the shuttle, including its rocket engine boosters.
A search for those engines went on for many decades to find those engines.
But with little luck.
That is, until 2012 when a man named Jeff Bezos went out on a "secret mission" to try
and find the engines.
If you feel like you know that name, it's because that's the name of the CEO of Amazon.
"I'm thrilled to share some exciting news," Amazon.com founder and CEO Jeff Bezos said
after the discovery.
"44 years ago tomorrow [July 20] Neil Armstrong stepped onto the moon, and now we have recovered
a critical technological marvel that made it all possible."
The two engines that Bezos and his team found were found in the Atlantic Ocean, but at first,
they couldn't confirm that they were from the Apollo 11.
This was due to how long it had been in the water, added with stress done in by erosion,
the fires from the detaching, and more.
"There was one secret that the ocean didn't give up easily: mission identification," Bezos
wrote "The components' fiery end and heavy corrosion from 43 years underwater removed
or covered up most of the original serial numbers."
The Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center in Hutchinson, Kansas were the ones who confirmed
the discovery was indeed from Apollo 11.
After a long process, they found serial numbers and unit numbers on the engine that noted
which ship it came from.
Making it proof positive that these were indeed the engines from that legendary mission.
NASA now proudly displays the engines as a testament to the space program and the first
mission to the moon.
And they will be honored as part of humanity's daring attempt to be more than just people
of Earth, but also, people of the stars.
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6.
A Canon That Weighed 3000 Pounds Pirates are a group of people who have been
fantasized and romanticized in movies and TV shows over the years.
But many of them were vicious, like the one and only Blackbeard, who was a literal scourge
of the seven seas for years before finally being brought down.
And his most legendary ship was without a doubt the Queen Anne's Revenge, which ironically
he only used for one year...and he lost when he actually ran the ship aground in North
Carolina.
Naturally, after a while the ship was found, and it had a whole host of treasures both
literal and historical.
But one of the weirdest things though was one of its canons, as it weighed a massive
3000 pounds.
Why was it so massive?
It's hard to say, more than likely it was because it was built to endure the harsh weather
that the oceans would throw at ships.
But no one really knows.
I would say it's a fair guess that it would've been a big pain to move.
5.
Ice Fingers No, I'm not speaking about human fingers that
got frozen.
Rather, if you go to the coldest places in the world and look under the water, you'll
find a series of ice formations known as the Ice Fingers, or brinicles.
While this may not seem impressive at first glance, they can grow to be well beyond the
length of a human, which on average is over five feet tall.
The formation of these "Ice Fingers" are caused by brine, which is more dense than the waters
around it.
As it moves down into the water, it gets colder, and then freezes, becoming a literal ice statue
underneath the water.
And as they grow and "evolve", they resemble fingers.
You wouldn't notice this above the ice caps that they're formed from, but they are there,
and they are interesting.
However, I must make it clear that they can be harmful.
They've been known to trap fish as they expand, and causing them die because of their icy
touch.
A new meaning to the phrase "the cold chill of death" no doubt.
4 The Bald Cypress Forest In 2005, Hurricane Katrina ravaged the United
States both in terms of its land, and its waters.
It was a great tragedy, one that the country and state of Louisiana is still recovering
from.
However, during recovery efforts and examinations of the oceans and gulfs nearby, the hurricane
revealed a forest in the waters.
No, literally.
It was a forest that had been alive 50,000 years ago.
This was dubbed the Bald Cypress Forest.
In regards to how any trees, let alone a forest, could survive on the bottom of the Gulf of
Mexico near Alabama, and remain intact, for 50,000 years, it had to do with how it was
"buried".
Where it was once was covered with sediment.
In such a complete way that it made sure that there wasn't any oxygen reaching the trees.
With no oxygen to causing withering or erosion, the trees remained intact until the hurricane
blew away all the sediment and revealed them.
In fact, so preserved were the trees by this sediment, that when pieces of the trees were
cut down in order to be studied by scientists, it was found that they still had their smell.
That's very impressive, and it goes to show how nature can still surprise you with how
it "protects" certain things.
3.
Locomotive Graveyard You might hear the title "Locomotive Graveyard"
and think of something on land.
And yet, of the coast of New Jersey, you'll find a literal locomotive graveyard in the
ocean.
For real.
This very unique find was made in 1985, and to this day, is a bit of a mystery in terms
of the how and the why.
To the extent that there are no records of these trains ever being built.
So if they were "never built" how did they get made, and more importantly, how did they
end up in the ocean off the coast of New Jersey?
There are some who have formed theories about it, including boating accidents or something
of the like.
But the real answer is still out there, waiting to be found.
2.
Yonaguni Monument In Japan, there is a place called Yonaguni
Island.
There, they have one of the most interesting monuments in the world...beneath the waves.
The Yonaguni Monument is a series of rock formations that has the scientific world split
as to whether this is a natural design, or something made by man.
And they're still debating about it.
Let's start with the obvious, it's all underwater, and the size of it makes it unlikely that
it just sunk into the ocean (though not impossible based on other underwater finds).
On the other hand, the way the monument is designed has clear markings of human building.
Including right angels, having rocks be on platforms in specific ways, and even have
a rock protrusion that looks like the carving of a human face.
And if it was a "natural formation", that would require not just time, but precision
that just seems very unlikely.
Not impossible, but unlikely.
This monument continues to baffle those who study it.
1.
Mariana Trench Have you ever wondered what is the "deepest"
part of the ocean today?
Well, in terms of depth, the Mariana Trench is one of those places in the ocean by far.
To get there, you must go 36,000 feet below sea level, and then keep going to reach its
true "bottom".
You could put Mount Everest into the ocean and not touch the trench.
That's how deep we're talking here.
Since its discovery in 1875 off the coast of the Mariana and Caroline Islands, scientists
from all over have been trying to find out more about this mysterious part of the world.
One such mystery is how anything can survive there.
Yet, many species of animals do live down there, and it's widely accepted that we don't
know everything that is in the Mariana Trench, simply because so few people have gone down
there.
How many have made it that far?
First was Oceanographer Jacques Piccard and USN Lieutenant Don Walsh, who went there in
1960, and then in 2012, legendary film director James Cameron made the trek.
Combined though, they were only able to be down there a few hours.
And Cameron had the longer of the two voyages because of his personalized vessel.
There are some who think that the Trench has an access point to another deeper part of
the ocean, but only a true trek would be able to prove that.
Still, this is one adventure that someone is going to make, just like someone made it
to find this trench.
Thanks for watching!
Can you believe some of the things that they found underwater?
Which of these particular finds was your favorite?
Do you have any clues or notions as to how or why some of the mysterious ones ended up
underwater?
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