Sea water can hide a lot of interesting.
At all times the depth of the seas and oceans have attracted the attention of man. The inquisitive human mind was mainly interested in whether there is under the thickness of water living creatures, and what mysteries may be hidden in the depths of the sea. For a long time these questions remained unanswered, while in the everyday life of researchers appeared first submersibles.
Expedition to the bottom of various reservoirs has opened many new scientific facts and living organisms. But together with them, the researchers found at a depth that I never expected to see there. It turned out that in addition to the hundreds of thousands of shipwrecks in water bodies hide and other priceless artifacts, objects, and natural phenomena.
The Engines Of Apollo 11″
After the lunar mission in 1969, the engines of the Apollo 11″ was on the bottom of the Atlantic ocean. In 2012, the Director the Internet-shop Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos took to find them and bring them to the surface. Fragments of the rocket were detected by sonar at a depth of about 4300 meters. The operation to lift it took 3 weeks, after which the engines were transferred to the U.S. space Agency.
The meeting of the Government Commission
In 2009, Mohamed Nasheed held under water for the world’s first meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers. The meeting was a cloud in wetsuits and snorkels. The meeting was held at a depth of 6 metres near the island of Girifushi. Thus the President of the Republic of Maldives wanted to draw attention to the problem of climate change and sea-level rise.
Underground river
The underwater cave Angelita in Mexico resembles a bifurcated world. Under a layer of fresh water within 30 meters of the picture is analogous to the earthly world under the sea: Islands, trees with fallen leaves and the whole underground river, which is a layer of hydrogen sulfide.
Locomotives
Shipwrecks lying on the bottom, the phenomenon is quite common, but what about the fragments of the train? In 1985, off the coast of long Branch, new Jersey, was discovered two rare locomotive of the 1850s. It is not known how they ended up on the bottom. According to one speculation, they could have fallen off a barge during a storm, which transported them to their destination.
Ancient Japanese monument
Near the island of Yonaguni, part of the group Aaama Sakishima Islands of the Ryukyu archipelago, in 1985, divers found the unknown rock formation. The discovery has been named the Yonaguni monument. Structure has straight sides and reminiscent of the stairs of the terrace. The researchers suggest that the monument was built about 5,000 years ago.
A water spider
If you think spiders live only on land, then you just haven’t faced spider-spider family Cybaeidae. Due to the peculiarities of the structure when submerged in water air is trapped between the hairs of a spider, allowing him to stay long under water. The water spider lives in slowly flowing and stagnant waters throughout Europe and Northern Asia.
The ancient city
In Zhejiang province in China on the bottom of the Lake of a thousand Islands is a city. During the construction of the HPP territory flooded. The water left 50,000 acres of farmland and 27 cities. Most of them have been preserved almost intact.
Stonehenge lake Michigan
In 2007 while searching for shipwrecks with sonar, a team of researchers found at the bottom of lake Michigan underwater structure. At a depth of about 15 meters under the water is a structure that resembles the famous Stonehenge. It is assumed that the age structure is about 10 000 years.
Treasures
Together with the ships of his final resting place at the bottom and sea treasures. And many stories about treasures are not a myth. One such valuable cargo was on Board the British merchant ship SS Gairsoppa. In 1940 it came from the Indian port of Calcutta, but to the final destination, the ship never made it: the ship was sunk by a German submarine. In 2011 there were found the remains of the ship and 1200 bars of silver, weighing 48 tons. But this is only 20 % of the amount that was on Board. The remaining 80% and are buried somewhere at the bottom.
The Museum of underwater shapes
In December 2010 in cancún opened an unusual Museum. The gallery is located not on land but under water, in the shallow waters of the Caribbean. The Museum collection is located at a depth of from 2 to 10 meters. The exhibition presents sculptures 403, but they occasionally have to change because the art objects are overgrown with algae.
