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The Lost City Of Atlantis Already Found? NASA Images Show Ancient Civilization Hidden Beneath Antarctica
Minnow Blythe
First Posted: Dec 15, 2016 03:30 AM EST
News reports circulated that the lost city of Atlantis has been found in Antarctica. Conspiracy theorists claim images taken for NASA's IceBridge program show a protruding pyramid and remnants of a human settlement hidden beneath the thick snow.
The Sun reports that images taken for NASA's IceBridge program have revealed traces of human settlement underneath the ice sheet in Antarctica. The images in question were taken during the aircraft test trials of NASA's ATLAS (Advanced Topographic Laser Altimeter System) set to be launched on the ICESat-2 in 2017.
Buried underneath 2.3 kilometers of ice, an outline of what could be remnants of an ancient civilization can be seen on the images. Another contested image also taken for NASA's IceBridge program is said to show a protruding pyramid on the thick snow of Antarctica.
These images have sparked claims that the ancient civilization found underneath Antarctica could be the lost city of Atlantis. However, this contradicts the previous theories that Atlantis can be found somewhere in Santorini, Greece.
If Antarctica truly is the place where the lost city of Atlantis can be found, it would prove that the Piri Reis Map is correct. The Piri Reis Map is an ancient map by a Turkish admiral discovered in 1929. The map depicts the coasts of a once ice-free Antarctica. However, the Piri Reis map has been denounced by many scholars.
Crustal displacement also supports the existence of an ancient human civilization underneath Antarctica. Crustal displacement theory is about how the movement of the Earth's crust could mean that an area of Antarctica has been ice-free once. However, crustal displacement has not been proven to be scientifically correct.
If both the Piri Reis Map and crustal displacement theory are wrong, how do people explain that an ancient human civilization can thrive on Antarctica? One answer could be found in the history of Earth's Ice Age.
In an article written by Mark Maslin about the Earth's orbit and its relationship with the occurrence of Ice Age, he said that during the last Ice Age, 21,000 years ago, "So much water was locked up in these ice sheets that the global sea level dropped by over 125 meters." If this was really true, it could mean the area in Antarctica where the remnant of an ancient civilization can be found was once ice-free.
Based on this, people could very well say that there could be an ancient civilization once thriving in Antarctica even if it is not the lost city of Atlantis. As global warming has steadily helped in rapidly melting the ice sheets in the North and South Poles, people could soon find out if there really is an ancient city buried underneath the ice. Furthermore, the launch of the ICESat-2 in 2017 could provide more images and data on the Antarctic circles.
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First Posted: Dec 15, 2016 03:30 AM EST
News reports circulated that the lost city of Atlantis has been found in Antarctica. Conspiracy theorists claim images taken for NASA's IceBridge program show a protruding pyramid and remnants of a human settlement hidden beneath the thick snow.
The Sun reports that images taken for NASA's IceBridge program have revealed traces of human settlement underneath the ice sheet in Antarctica. The images in question were taken during the aircraft test trials of NASA's ATLAS (Advanced Topographic Laser Altimeter System) set to be launched on the ICESat-2 in 2017.
Buried underneath 2.3 kilometers of ice, an outline of what could be remnants of an ancient civilization can be seen on the images. Another contested image also taken for NASA's IceBridge program is said to show a protruding pyramid on the thick snow of Antarctica.
These images have sparked claims that the ancient civilization found underneath Antarctica could be the lost city of Atlantis. However, this contradicts the previous theories that Atlantis can be found somewhere in Santorini, Greece.
If Antarctica truly is the place where the lost city of Atlantis can be found, it would prove that the Piri Reis Map is correct. The Piri Reis Map is an ancient map by a Turkish admiral discovered in 1929. The map depicts the coasts of a once ice-free Antarctica. However, the Piri Reis map has been denounced by many scholars.
Crustal displacement also supports the existence of an ancient human civilization underneath Antarctica. Crustal displacement theory is about how the movement of the Earth's crust could mean that an area of Antarctica has been ice-free once. However, crustal displacement has not been proven to be scientifically correct.
If both the Piri Reis Map and crustal displacement theory are wrong, how do people explain that an ancient human civilization can thrive on Antarctica? One answer could be found in the history of Earth's Ice Age.
In an article written by Mark Maslin about the Earth's orbit and its relationship with the occurrence of Ice Age, he said that during the last Ice Age, 21,000 years ago, "So much water was locked up in these ice sheets that the global sea level dropped by over 125 meters." If this was really true, it could mean the area in Antarctica where the remnant of an ancient civilization can be found was once ice-free.
Based on this, people could very well say that there could be an ancient civilization once thriving in Antarctica even if it is not the lost city of Atlantis. As global warming has steadily helped in rapidly melting the ice sheets in the North and South Poles, people could soon find out if there really is an ancient city buried underneath the ice. Furthermore, the launch of the ICESat-2 in 2017 could provide more images and data on the Antarctic circles.
See Now: NASA's Juno Spacecraft's Rendezvous With Jupiter's Mammoth Cyclone