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71% of the planet's surface is covered
in water that's a whole lot of space for
secrets to hide welcome to watchmojo.com
pelling or even sinister deep-sea
discoveries and oceanic enigmas number
20 the gulf of mexico shipwreck in May
of 2019 a group of researchers from the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration were conducting tests
with underwater drones in the Gulf of
Mexico when sonar picked up this
mysterious wreckage we all want to thank
you guys for one finding this shakedown
engineering getting assault in marine
archaeologists across the globe were
immediately contacted to watch via
livestream as the drone explored the
ship apart from the number 20 109 the
researchers were unable to identify much
about this ship of unknown origin it's
estimated to have been constructed 200
years ago and based on the charred
timber it was likely burning when it
sank just looking at this style this is
the thickness of this copper the size of
these guys I'm thinking we're probably a
little later in the 19th century more
towards about 1850 what tragic fate
befell this vessel here's hoping we can
learn more as NOAA continues to
investigate
either way it's in good company the Gulf
is home to many such mysterious vessels
this is the Okeanos Explorer we are now
on the sea floor
this is dive 12 from the northern Gulf
of Mexico we are diving on a shipwreck
number 19
a deadly undersea Lake so there's a dead
amplifier that's what we mean by the
jacuzzi of despair we generally think of
all water within a given space as being
homogenous but variables like
temperature and the salinity levels can
create entirely distinct sections like
lakes in oceans the jacuzzi or sometimes
hot tub moniker is because it's warmer
than a near by four degrees Celsius
ocean water during return visits in 2015
researchers recorded temperatures from
seven point eight up to 19 degrees at
the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico
3,300 feet below the surface of the
ocean research
have found just such a body of water 12
feet deep and roughly 32 feet across
this undersea Lake might be small but it
certainly packs a punch dubbed the
jacuzzi of despair it kills any sea
creature foolish enough to test its
depths spending too long an itch can
send an eel into toxic shock
this highly salinated water rich in
methane and hydrogen sulfide is
seriously toxic little is understood
about the surreal undersea environment
but researchers think it might give us
insight into the conditions on
extraterrestrial planets
number 18 Julius sound recorded in 1999
Julia is the name given to a mysterious
sound picked up by the US National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
it only lasted fifteen seconds but it
captivated the scientific community and
amateur theorists alike NOAA suggested
that it most likely originated from an
iceberg colliding with the landmass of
Antarctica but this cannot be proven
what we do know is that it was loud
enough to resonate across a massive
section of the ocean those willing to
consider more out their possibilities
have suggested it could be the sound of
a massive unknown creature rumors abound
about NASA satellite photos showing a
huge shadow moving in the waters off of
Antarctica around that time but no such
images have surfaced
number 17 Adams bridge but Hamas a -
also known as Adams bridge is a series
of limestone shoals that form a rough
connection between the northwest coast
of Sri Lanka and Pam Bowen Island 30
miles away the history of lomasa - is
intertwined with local legend according
to hindu lore it was built by an army of
warrior monkeys known as Vanara to help
the gods rama save his wife sita from
the demon king Ravana while this origin
story is widely treated as myth rather
than reality there are those who assert
that Adam's bridge was in fact built and
was never a naturally occurring land
bridge an American Science Channel has
made startling revelations that the Ram
Sita bridge commonly called the Adams
bridge connecting India and Sri Lanka is
man-made and not natural all we know for
sure is back in the 15th century it was
entirely above sea level and traversable
how these stones got here is a mystery
and what a team of geologists date the
stones the mystery deepens number 16
macro pin of micro stoma macro pin is a
small dark fish with large fins a tiny
mouth and a remarkable pair of eyes I
think that's a weird name wait till you
see the fish it belongs to first
discovered in 1939 this mysterious and
thoroughly alien looking creature wasn't
photographed alive until 2004 the fish
discovered alive by the Monterey Bay
Aquarium Research Institute is the first
specimen of its kind to be found with
its soft transparent dome intact it
spends its life at depths between 2,000
and 2,800 feet and though it has been
caught a number of times over the years
it's fragile Anatomy has made it
incredibly challenging to study from the
barreleye family macro pin and micro
stoma has a translucent domed head which
coupled with its unique tubular eyes
gives it an advantage over its prey when
it spots food it can rotate its eyes to
look forward to include its mouth in the
field of view the tubular eyes are
extremely well-suited for capturing
light in its dark habitat while its
domed head allows it to not only look
forward but also up through its own head
unique sure but also super creepy
looking number 15 the gull
of combat ruins discovered in the early
2000s these alleged ruins are still
generating controversy decades later
located off the coast of Gujarat in the
Gulf of Khambhat this archaeological
site is seemingly made up of city like
structures and home to various artifacts
but because the area was dredged rather
than being explored via more careful
methods of excavation the scientific
community is divided as to the
significance of the results the
structures are compelling but the
relevance of the carbon dated materials
from the site is hotly debated if they
are indeed the tools of an ancient
settlement dated at ninety five hundred
years old that would make the Gulf of
Khambhat ruins the oldest known
civilization number fourteen Australia's
cannibal shark just as lions rule the
savanna great white sharks ruled the
Seas okay technically killer whales have
been known to target them but that's not
what happened here
the recent discovery has led to a
cutting-edge theory great white sharks
Australian scientists were shocked and
utterly perplexed when a nine foot long
great white shark was apparently
devoured it had been tagged with a
tracker as part of a study and when said
tracker washed up on shore the data
contained within showed a sudden spike
in temperature followed by a staggering
1900 foot dive a temperature that could
only be achieved inside the belly of
another living animal after careful
investigation the researchers were left
with only one possible conclusion it was
eaten by a cannibal shark of the same
species estimated to be 16 feet long and
2 tonnes terrifying right both great
whites tend to avoid conflict
cannibalism is not unheard of number 13
the Baltic Sea anomaly in 2011 Swedish
diving team ocean X was searching for
sunken treasure in the gulf of bothnia
they stumbled instead upon something far
stranger using sonar equipment to take a
rough image of the object they reported
it was 200 feet in diameter and more
distinct design patterns that seemed
unnatural adding to the mystery of the
Baltic Sea anomaly is the fact that
according to the team there was
electrical interference in the area
preventing them from getting a clearer
image it's definitely
sharp edge and it I haven't seen this
before and when I just look at it now it
definitely looked like man made the team
has even suggested that it could be a
UFO needless to say scientists are
skeptical
okay that's sort of true according to
the ocean Explorer team it's not
actually obviously a spacecraft it's not
even made of metal it doesn't hurt
though that the structure looks vaguely
like the Millennium Falcon or ebon Hawk
from Star Wars number 12 light wheels in
the Persian Gulf we're starting to
notice a pattern here if you're on the
hunt for an oceanic mystery of your very
own explore a gulf sometimes poetically
referred to as ghosts of the ocean light
wheels are large glowing circles of
light that appear on the water and have
been observed for decades some reports
actually go all the way back to the 18th
century often measuring hundreds of feet
in diameter these eye-catching anomalies
have been explained away most notably by
oceanographer kurt kala as the result of
bioluminescent plankton and seismic
waves
well plausible such theories struggle to
explain the variety of shapes that the
light wheels take or the fact that they
appear to spin at varying speeds number
11 the milky seas effect when Maddie did
Raven about siren smurfo bad omens and
the like in the end we're no more since
left in them an immense toothed sailors
tall tales are often dismissed as mere
superstition
well the milky seas effect is one story
that we can confirm even if we don't
entirely understand it historically
sailors have reported seeing large
sections of the sea become a pale milky
white or blue and emit a faint glow now
thanks to modern technology we know that
the milky seas effect is not only real
but the result of bioluminescent
bacteria well that's all well and good
we still can't figure out what causes
these sudden explosions and bacterial
populations or the other variables that
result in this unique site number 10
left a cephalus gigantis described by
Anton Berlin in 1930 and Peter Henry
John Castle in 1959 left a cephalus
gigantis is an extremely rare species of
eel thought by some
swim the ocean depths only to such
specimens have ever been studied and
they were in the larval state meaning
that they were nowhere close to reaching
maturity but even as a larva one
specimen was roughly six feet in length
and given that eel larvae is typically
1/32 of its adult length that would
suggest a truly monstrous ilka maturity
now contemporary scientists have
suggested that leftist epaulettes
gigantis was likely misidentified and
would not grow substantially beyond that
point but without further study it's
impossible to say leftist cephalus
gigantis could be the reality behind sea
serpents number nine the Aegean Sea
ruins in 2015
researchers hailing from Greece and
Sweden made one of the most remarkable
archaeological discoveries of the 21st
century working south of Athens in the
colada Bay the team was exploring
fertile territory the area is rich in
archaeological sites but nothing could
have prepared them for what they found
what began with a few pottery fragments
led researchers to uncover the ruins of
an entire lost city one that occupied
somewhere in the ballpark of 12 acres of
land the city dates back to the Bronze
Age
and was seemingly protected by a wall
complete with defensive towers
structures unseen until now in any other
ancient greek sites how this seemingly
once great city fell however is anyone's
guess number 8 the colossal squid this
terrifying deep-sea beast was first
discovered in 1925 and its existence
admittedly lends a certain credibility
to all those myths about sea monsters
because colossal squids are so elusive
our knowledge of their Anatomy is
somewhat limited but based on beaks that
have been recovered it's been
hypothesized that at maturity they could
weigh up to 1,500 pounds and measure 30
to 33 feet in length Steve was expecting
the squid to be more than 30 feet long
it's only half that only a handful of
specimens have ever been found which
makes sense given that they generally
inhabit the Antarctic Ocean and dwell at
depths of up to 7,200 feet as if the
colossal squid size wasn't intimidating
enough they're armed with both swiveling
and three pointed hooks on their limb
number seven the ruins of Dwarka the
lost city of Dwarka is one of the rare
instances of a miss possibly being
confirmed as fact according to legend
the Hindu deity Krishna founded the now
legendary city of Dwaraka long ago the
city is sacred in the Hindu faith and is
said to have been unparalleled in its
beauty and splendor rich in greenery
wildlife and palaces they've found some
walls and they found some stuff that
carbon dates thirty-two thousand years
ago it was utopia that is until it was
swallowed up by the sea the Dwarka of
legend has understandably long been
dismissed as a work of fiction but in
the 1980s with the discovery of
underwater ruins off the coast of the
modern-day coastal town of Dwarka people
were forced to reconsider that
assumption the research continues to
this day number six the Bimini Road
gentlemen I propose that we find
Atlantis
find that power source and bring it back
to the surface dubbed the road to
Atlantis the Bimini Road or Bimini wall
as some would argue is a rock formation
that runs for half a mile underwater in
the Bahamas located near North Bimini
Island this mysterious marine landmark
is made up of large roughly rectangular
limestone blocks which seem to form a
road or wall like pattern if you look at
the Bimini Road descend on one side of
the centre the other side has a clear
defined pathway analysis of the stones
including carbon dating has led
researchers to conclude that the Bimini
Road is a natural formation resulting
from erosion and the currents but given
that there are two other similar
patterns in the area and considering the
fact that some of the stones appear to
be stacked atop one another there are
some who maintain that there's more to
the Bimini Road than carbon dating
suggests Bimini Road has been dated at
around two thousand four thousand years
old too young to be a part of Atlantis
but again the accuracy of carbon dating
is admittedly questionable number five
the Atlantis of Japan various underwater
ruins around the globe have been posited
as the lost city of Atlantis upon their
discovery but if there's one that leads
the pack it's the Yonaguni Monument
experts call it one of the greatest
discoveries in the history of underwater
as with the Bimini Road many have
dismissed these underwater rock
formations as being naturally occurring
but the structure is oddly geometrical
and includes reliefs that vaguely
resemble animal carvings and what
appears to be the remnants of columns as
such there are some like professor
Masaaki Kimura who've argued in favor of
this being the remnants of a lost
civilization possibly the lost continent
of MU another name for Atlantis so if a
ten thousand year old civilization
existed it would be a big surprise it
would be unbelievable number four bloop
the Julia recording certainly made waves
in the scientific community but if
there's one deep sea sound file that
people never seem to get tired of
debating it's the bloop and it's not
just scientists versus conspiracy
theorists not even researchers within
relevant field seem to be able to agree
about its origins there were
occasionally rarely but occasionally
there were sounds that we just could not
identify this ultra low frequency high
amplitude sound was recorded in 1997
first it was speculated that the sound
was caused by icebergs dragging along
the ocean floor but then in 2002
Christopher Fox of the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration
speculated that it had been produced by
an animal
flash-forward another 10 years and the
NOAA was once again pointing towards ice
quakes number three the Megalodon
the other alternative human history
across various cultures is chock-full of
myths and legends about sea monsters
that tormented sailors of yesteryears
unlike the Leviathan or the Kraken
however we know for a fact that the
Megalodon once swam these sees the word
Megalodon literally means big tooth and
these seven-inch teeth are almost all
the remain of this extraordinary
creature no skeletons have ever been
found
measuring up to 59 feet in length and
reaching upwards of 59 metric tons these
prehistoric terrors certainly earn the
name the general scientific consensus is
that they went extinct millions of years
ago but there are those who believe they
continue to survive in secret and it's
not just Discovery Channel fueling the
speculation species like the coelacanth
and megamouth shark remind us that
anything could lurk in the ocean depths
number two the lost submarines of 1968
life aboard a submarine isn't for the
faint of heart
you are literally trapped in a long
metallic cylinder hundreds of feet below
the surface of the ocean when something
goes wrong it often goes very wrong
despite the inherent risks however for
such vessels going missing in quick
succession makes for an incredible
coincidence with 318 lives and for subs
lost in a single calendar year 1968 is
the most deadly year in submarine
history since the end of World War two
the USS scorpion the i ns dakar the
Minerva and the k-129 hailing from the
states Israel France and the Soviet
Union respectively
all disappeared under mysterious
circumstances and continue to be the
subject of speculation decades later
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Triangle roughly defined by Puerto Rico
Miami and the island of Bermuda this
triangle is the subject of much
superstition using the terminology of
today you would call the triangle well I
mean you know this is the oldest fake
news story in the world for the record
this is among the most heavily traveled
stretches of ocean in the world and most
trips are completed without incident but
the accidents and disappearances that
have transpired are notably strange the
Ellen Austin incident allegedly saw not
one but two crews disappear from a
derelict ship found in the Triangle the
USS Cyclops was a u.s. Navy ship that
disappeared with all 309 sailors there
are countless such stories leaving an
enduring shroud of mystery over these
stormy seas ships that have shown up
absolutely empty no sign of any struggle
yet the crew is just vanished do you
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