The ocean is a great mystery unto itself. Diving
deep down to the ocean floor you never know
what alien creatures you may meet or what pirate
treasures you may find. Over the centuries the
ocean has given rise to an immense number of
bewildering and puzzling mysteries, myths and
legends. People are still trying to solve the
ancient secrets that the ocean has been hiding.
What’s inside the Bermuda Triangle? What
happened to the lost city of Atlantis? How to
explain the phenomenon of the “Milky Sea”?
The scientists began to study the oceans
intensively only in the second half of the 20th
century. Many scholars argue that the depth of
the oceans has been studied less intensively than
the dark side of the moon. Experts familiar with
exploration of the seas think only 2-5% of our
underwater world has been explored thoroughly.
But in that 2-5% we have a lot of interesting
mysteries that need to be revealed. Let’s look
through the top 10 of the most unbelievable
ocean mysteries.


1. THE BIMINI ROAD
There is unknown structure of stone blocks near
the Bahamas, which for decades have haunted
local residents, scientists, mystics and psychics.
They believe that these man-made structures are
the remains of the ancient continent of Atlantis.

Nobody knows what the purpose of this road is
and where it leads. It is made of huge stone slabs, some of which reach 13 feet in length. They lie at a depth of 20 feet, but thanks to perfectly clear water are easily visible from the surface.

The total length of the road is about a half a mile.
Researchers later stated that these blocks are not
the usual coastal fragments of rock, but specially
treated plates. In favor of the fact that the stones
appear to have been fashioned by humans. Some
elements of this underwater road are as smooth
as a polished table.

Over time, the mysterious stone “road” gave birth
to chilling legends. For example, two American divers, who explored the area in 1979, swore that they had seen in the water a glowing triangular object. The triangle was rapidly moving from the bottom, made several steep turns, and then emerged from the water, soared into the sky and disappeared. Another diver saw a ten-foot tall human figure that was moving under water without a diving suit.

It is very difficult to investigate this area, as the waters are fraught with strong undercurrents and a large number of white sharks. Nevertheless, an
American expedition in 2004 discovered under a layer of stone blocks one more level, and lower still a third level. They couldn’t get to the base of the ancient buildings. Divers have concluded that it is not a road, but most likely the top of walls.

2. THE MILKY SEA PHENOMENON
For several years scientists have been trying to explain the amazing natural phenomenon – the
formation of the “milk seas” in the ocean. They managed to register about 235 observations and
get a shot of this phenomenon froma satellite.
Moreover, seafarers repeatedly talked about how they found themselves in the midst of extensive court luminous areas of the ocean. One captain told investigators that his ship, hitting the “milky sea,” was unable to sail beyond the phenomena for six hours.

Despite the fact that science know a lot of facts
about the “sea of ​​milk”, scientists have not been
able to find an explanation for this phenomenon.
It is still a mystery.

Scientist Steve Miller from the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory believes that prolonged illumination of large areas of the ocean is caused by luminescent bacteria Vibrio harveyi. But still it is only a guess. Who knows, maybe these are signs from alien life forms that are living on Earth.


3. YONAGUNI PYRAMID
Yonaguni Island is located in the west of Japan, it
is the western-most situated island in the country. Yonaguni became famous in the mid 80s,
when divers discovered mysterious underwater rock terraces and pyramids with sharp corners.

Scientists are inclined to believe that these pyramids were artificially created many years ago
by an unknown civilization that disappeared from
the face of the earth, but there are still many debates on this issue whether it is a natural phenomenon or the creation of mankind. If Yonaguni monument was created by man it will radically change the history of mankind…

The history of these underwater pyramids begins
in 1986, when divers found strangely structured
rock formations on the ocean floor. The rocks were in the shape of pyramids and platforms.

The pyramids are really huge. One of the biggest is 600 feet in width and 90 feet high. Divers found traces of processing and cutting on the stone blocks, which confirms the theory of scientists that the Yonaguni Monument is not a natural formation, but created artificially.

Masaki Kimura – marine geologist from the University of Japan has been studying the underwater pyramids for more than 15 years. The scientist believes that this place was created more than five thousand years ago, but it was flooded 2,000 years ago during an earthquake.

4. UNDERWATER FALLS
Waterfalls exist not only on land, but in the depths of the ocean. Seven waterfalls have been discovered deep underwater. It is known that the cause of underwater waterfalls are differences in temperature and salinity of the different parts of the ocean, as well as the difficult terrain of the seabed.

The largest of the currently known underwater waterfalls is located on the bottom of the Denmark Strait, which separates Greenland and Iceland. It stirs up more than 175 million cubic feet of water that is 350 times larger than the amount of water that pours over Guaira Falls on the border of Brazil and Paraguay, which is considered a long time the most effusive, free-flowing land waterfall on the planet.

I love the deep. It's so fascinating down there. Wonder if we have ocean divers locally.

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