{"id":122054,"date":"2024-11-04T19:06:44","date_gmt":"2024-11-04T12:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=122054"},"modified":"2024-11-04T19:06:44","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T12:06:44","slug":"scientists-found-a-yellow-brick-road-at-the-bottom-of-the-pacific-ocean-sciencealert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=122054","title":{"rendered":"Scientists Found a &#8216;Yellow Brick Road&#8217; at The Bottom of The Pacific Ocean : ScienceAlert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>An expedition to a deep-sea ridge, just north of the Hawaiian Islands, revealed a surprise discovery back in 2022: an ancient dried-out lake bed paved with what looks like a yellow brick road.<\/p>\n<p><!-- START single\/mrec --><br \/>\n<!-- END single\/mrec --><\/p>\n<p>The eerie scene was chanced upon by the exploration vessel Nautilus, while surveying the Lili\u02bbuokalani ridge within <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Papah%C4%81naumoku%C4%81kea_Marine_National_Monument\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Papah\u0101naumoku\u0101kea Marine National Monument<\/a> (PMNM).<\/p>\n<p><!-- START single\/mrec --><br \/>\n<!-- END single\/mrec --><\/p>\n<p>PMNM is one of the largest marine conservation areas in the world, larger than all the national parks in the United States combined, and we&#8217;ve only explored <a href=\"https:\/\/nautiluslive.org\/cruise\/NA133\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">about 3 percent of its seafloor<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!-- START single\/mrec --><br \/>\n<!-- END single\/mrec --><\/p>\n<p>Researchers at the Ocean Exploration Trust are pushing the frontiers of this wilderness, which lies more than 3,000 meters below the waves, and the best part is, anyone can watch the exploration.<\/p>\n<p><!-- START single\/mrec --><br \/>\n<!-- END single\/mrec --><\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TID2kc8yb9Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">highlight reel<\/a> of the expedition&#8217;s footage published on YouTube in April 2022 captured the moment researchers operating the deep-sea vehicle stumbled upon the road to Oz.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Follow the &#039;Yellow Brick Road&#039; to Geologic Features of Lili\u02bbuokalani Ridge Seamounts | Nautilus Live\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TID2kc8yb9Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> allowfullscreen=&#8221;allowfullscreen&#8221; data-mce-fragment=&#8221;1\u2033&gt;<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s the road to Atlantis,&#8221; a researcher on the radio can be heard exclaiming.<\/p>\n<p><!-- START single\/mrec --><br \/>\n<!-- END single\/mrec --><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The yellow brick road?&#8221; another voice counters.<\/p>\n<p><!-- START single\/mrec --><br \/>\n<!-- END single\/mrec --><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is bizarre,&#8221; adds another member of the team.<\/p>\n<p><!-- START single\/mrec --><br \/>\n<!-- END single\/mrec --><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Are you kidding me? This is crazy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!-- START single\/mrec --><br \/>\n<!-- END single\/mrec --><\/p>\n<p>Despite being located under about a thousand meters of ocean, the lake bed discovered by researchers on the summit of the Nootka seamount looks surprisingly dry.<\/p>\n<p><!-- START single\/mrec --><br \/>\n<!-- END single\/mrec --><\/p>\n<p>On the radio, the team notes that the ground looks almost like &#8220;baked crust&#8221; that could be peeled off.<\/p>\n<p><!-- START single\/mrec --><br \/>\n<!-- END single\/mrec --><\/p>\n<p>In one tiny section, the volcanic rock has fractured in a way that looks strikingly similar to bricks.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_142557\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-142557\" style=\"width: 642px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/images\/2024\/11\/ROVScreenshot.jpg\" alt=\"ROV Screenshot\" width=\"642\" height=\"307\" class=\"wp-image-142557 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/images\/2024\/11\/ROVScreenshot.jpg 642w, https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/images\/2024\/11\/ROVScreenshot-600x287.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-142557\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The researchers found the discovery to be very unusual. (The Ocean Exploration Trust\/E\/V\/Nautilus\/YouTube Screenshot)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;The unique 90-degree fractures are likely related to heating and cooling stress from multiple eruptions at this baked margin,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TID2kc8yb9Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reads<\/a> a caption to the YouTube video.<\/p>\n<p><!-- START single\/mrec --><br \/>\n<!-- END single\/mrec --><\/p>\n<p>At first glance, the effect is easily mistaken for a path to a wonderful new world. And in a way, that&#8217;s not altogether wrong.<\/p>\n<p><!-- START single\/mrec --><br \/>\n<!-- END single\/mrec --><\/p>\n<p>Following the brick road is a sign we&#8217;re headed in the right direction and could soon learn a whole lot more about Earth&#8217;s hidden geology.<\/p>\n<p><!-- START single\/mrec --><br \/>\n<!-- END single\/mrec --><\/p>\n<p>You can read more about the 2022 E\/V Nautilus expedition <a href=\"https:\/\/nautiluslive.org\/cruise\/na138\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>An earlier version of this article was published in May 2022.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/scientists-found-a-yellow-brick-road-at-the-bottom-of-the-pacific-ocean\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An expedition to a deep-sea ridge, just north of the Hawaiian Islands, revealed a surprise discovery back in 2022: an ancient dried-out lake bed paved with what looks like a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=122054\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8628],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-122054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=122054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122054\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=122054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=122054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=122054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}