The Mystery Of The Bermuda Triangle. Solved?
Feb 1, 2017 2:30:18 GMT 10
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Post by Wes Gear on Feb 1, 2017 2:30:18 GMT 10
Scientists Think They’ve Solved The Mystery Of The Bermuda Triangle
The Bermuda Triangle has long been a mystery to scientists everywhere. How could entire ships and air squadrons vanish from radar screens in one specific triangular-shaped region of the globe?
One possible discovery could finally answer that question.
On the Science Channel’s “What on Earth?” show, a pair of meteorologists recently discovered hexagonal-shaped clouds over the Bahamas through satellite images. Because clouds are generally distributed randomly, these clouds that look like hexagons are unique, spanning between 20 and 55 miles across.
To find out what these clouds do, the scientists also investigated similar clouds forming off the coast of the United Kingdom. With a satellite specifically used to see through the clouds to the sea floor below, researchers found sea-level winds upwards of 100 miles per hour. That’s enough to produce 45-foot waves.
According to meteorologist Dr. Randy Cerveny of Arizona State University, these clouds over the UK and the Bahamas are dropping what he calls “air bombs.”
“They’re formed by what are called microbursts,” Cerveny told Science Channel. “They’re blasts of air that come down out of the bottom of the clouds and hit the ocean, and they create waves that can sometimes be massive in size once they start to interact with each other.”
Once the blasts of air hit the water, the air spreads out, creating gusts of wind up to 170 miles per hour. That’s enough to tip over a large cargo ship or an entire fleet of airplanes.
These “air bombs” and hexagonal clouds could help solve the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle, which stretches from Bermuda to Puerto Rico to Florida in the North Atlantic Ocean. The unusual clouds were over the western end of the Bermuda Triangle, in the Bahamas.
With this new discovery, Cerveny said satellite technology could be used to monitor clouds over the Bermuda Triangle. Authorities would be alerted when a hexagonal cloud was a spotted, and they would let aircraft and ships know about the possible danger.
“These satellite images can literally be life savers,” Cerveny said.
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The Bermuda Triangle has long been a mystery to scientists everywhere. How could entire ships and air squadrons vanish from radar screens in one specific triangular-shaped region of the globe?
One possible discovery could finally answer that question.
On the Science Channel’s “What on Earth?” show, a pair of meteorologists recently discovered hexagonal-shaped clouds over the Bahamas through satellite images. Because clouds are generally distributed randomly, these clouds that look like hexagons are unique, spanning between 20 and 55 miles across.
To find out what these clouds do, the scientists also investigated similar clouds forming off the coast of the United Kingdom. With a satellite specifically used to see through the clouds to the sea floor below, researchers found sea-level winds upwards of 100 miles per hour. That’s enough to produce 45-foot waves.
According to meteorologist Dr. Randy Cerveny of Arizona State University, these clouds over the UK and the Bahamas are dropping what he calls “air bombs.”
“They’re formed by what are called microbursts,” Cerveny told Science Channel. “They’re blasts of air that come down out of the bottom of the clouds and hit the ocean, and they create waves that can sometimes be massive in size once they start to interact with each other.”
Once the blasts of air hit the water, the air spreads out, creating gusts of wind up to 170 miles per hour. That’s enough to tip over a large cargo ship or an entire fleet of airplanes.
These “air bombs” and hexagonal clouds could help solve the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle, which stretches from Bermuda to Puerto Rico to Florida in the North Atlantic Ocean. The unusual clouds were over the western end of the Bermuda Triangle, in the Bahamas.
With this new discovery, Cerveny said satellite technology could be used to monitor clouds over the Bermuda Triangle. Authorities would be alerted when a hexagonal cloud was a spotted, and they would let aircraft and ships know about the possible danger.
“These satellite images can literally be life savers,” Cerveny said.
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