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http://whofortedblog.com/2013/05/18/reader-mail-heck-weird-tracks-bottom-ocean/Reader Mail: What the Heck are These Weird Tracks on the Bottom of the Ocean?
05/18/2013 12:59 AM
Greg Newkirk
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Weird tracks on the bottom of the ocean
When it comes to mysteries, theres no better place for hiding them than the bottom of the ocean. In fact, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), as much as 95% of the worlds oceans remain unexplored.
And yet some people dont believe in sea monsters.
Well, thanks to the advent of the internet, we can do some of that exploring from the comfort of our computer chairs, and you never know what sorts of strange stuff will turn up. Our pal Samuel Burgan (AKA IceBurg) was doing just that, and found a bunch of bizarre markings on the ocean floor, so he sent a few snapshots our way.
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What the Heck are These Weird Tracks on the Bottom of the Ocean? (Original Post)
William Seger
May 2013
OP
Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)1. undersea alien crop circles
bluedigger
(17,087 posts)2. Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn
liberal N proud
(60,344 posts)3. Earth Rover
From Mars.
Socratic Method Man
(2 posts)4. sonographic imaging errors!
those look like multiple datasets of multiple ship tracks. When ships sound the ocean floor it's a lot more accurate than when we do it by satellite.
Quoting from livescience.com:
The program now has 15 percent of its seafloor image taken from shipboard soundings at a 0.6-mile (1 km) resolution. Previous versions took only 10 percent of seafloor imaging from sonar soundings and the rest from extrapolations by scientists using satellite data.
a place to start, anyways