Many Internet users are passionately debating the mysterious door that appeared in Antarctica while browsing Google Earth, but scientists have provided explanations.
Users of Google Earth (the computer program that displays 3D images of the Earth, primarily based on satellite imagery) have discovered a mysterious door in East Antarctica, located just southeast of Japan’s Showa Research Station.
A Reddit user shared about an unusual feature at coordinates 69⁰00’50′′S 39⁰36’22′′E and posed the question: “A giant door in Antarctica?”
Immediately, this image became a hot topic on social media. Some people speculated that it was the home of Bigfoot or a space shuttle trapped from the movie Star Trek.
“It’s just the door of a Boeing that got blown away,” one internet user speculated, linking it to a plane crash that occurred last January.
Internet users discover mysterious door at coordinates 69⁰00’50′′S 39⁰36’22′′E (Photo: Google).
However, scientists revealed that the truth is far less intriguing than the speculations of internet users.
After examining the coordinates on Google Earth Pro and comparing historical imagery, Professor Bethan Davies, who teaches glacier studies at Newcastle University (Australia), stated that the mysterious door is simply part of a fast-moving ice area just offshore.
“This is a piece of ice that has become trapped and melted in place. People can observe many other icebergs in the area,” he explained.
Professor Martin Siegert, co-director of the Grantham Institute for Climate Change and the Environment at Imperial College London (UK), agreed with this assessment.
He added that the door is simply a flow of ice surrounding a solid ice obstacle, affected by melting and refreezing, as well as katabatic winds (winds that flow down from high altitudes).
“It’s an interesting image, but not unusual or surprising from a glaciological perspective,” Professor Siegert confirmed.
Professor Smellie further noted that the door resembles a short rock outcrop exposed due to melting ice. He dismissed any previous “conspiracy theories.”
“I’m sure it’s just a natural phenomenon and there’s nothing to get excited about,” he declared.
