An expedition to a deep-sea ridge, just north of the Hawaiian Islands, has revealed an ancient dried-out lake bed paved with what looks like a yellow brick road.
on YouTube captures the moment researchers operating the deep-sea vehicle stumbled upon the road to Oz."The yellow brick road?" another voice countered.Despite being located under thousands of kilometers of ocean, the lake bed discovered by researchers on the summit of the Nootka seamount looks surprisingly dry. On the radio, the team notes that the ground looks almost like"baked crust" that could be peeled off.
In one tiny section, the volcanic rock has fractured in a way that looks strikingly similar to bricks."The unique 90-degree fractures are likely related to heating and cooling stress from multiple eruptions at this baked margin,"At first glance, the effect is easily mistaken for a path to a wonderful new world. And in a way, that's not altogether wrong.
E/V Nautilus is taking us on a journey to parts of our planet we've never seen before. Following the brick road is a sign we're headed in the right direction and could soon learn a whole lot more about Earth's hidden geology.
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