Scientists Discover Mysterious Yellow Brick Road on the Pacific Ocean Floor That May Lead to a Lost City.
A team of scientists conducting an expedition to a deep-sea ridge north of the Hawaiian Islands has uncovered a strange road.
Their initial goal was to investigate cracks along the trail, stemming from thousands of fissures in the central and western Pacific that have long been poorly understood.
The yellow brick road with distinct rectangular blocks.
In addition, the research team collected samples to determine the geological origins and age of the formations to gain a better understanding of the development of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
During their latest expedition, the team accidentally discovered the yellow brick road, featuring distinct rectangular blocks.
It is theorized that this newly discovered road could lead to the lost city of Atlantis. “This is a rare yellow brick road. It could be the path to what is known as the city of Atlantis,” one researcher stated.
The city of Atlantis is famously mentioned in the works of the Greek philosopher Plato around 400 BC. He described an advanced civilization that ruled a vast maritime empire.
According to the description, Atlantis was at the center of the empire, featuring a massive harbor wall and grand columns leading to a large entrance. It housed a temple dedicated to the god Poseidon and large circular lands that the Atlanteans cultivated for living.
The cause of the Atlanteans’ demise remains a mystery, believed to be due to a major natural disaster such as a great flood or volcanic eruption.
In the stories, the downfall occurs when the gods no longer bestow their blessings upon Atlantis, leading to its submersion beneath the sea.
The formation of the stone road is an example of volcanic geology at work beneath the ocean. The cobblestone road is located at Liliʻuokalani Ridge within the largest marine reserve in the world in the Pacific. Researchers have only explored about 3% of the seabed area.
Additionally, at the summit of Nootka Seamount, the team discovered an area referred to as a ‘dry lake bed’, which is a broken flow of hyaloclastite rock, a type of volcanic rock formed during high-temperature, high-energy eruptions.
The exploration vessel is operated by the non-profit Ocean Exploration Trust, which live-streams what remotely operated vehicles observe on the ocean floor. They document all kinds of unusual marine life, such as Dumbo octopuses and toothy fish…
