Crisp Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 Navy finds underwater ?Grand Canyon? An underwater ?Grand Canyon? has been discovered in images captured by a Royal Navy survey vessel. HMS Enterprise found the 250m-deep canyon in the Red Sea during a nine-month mission to improve understanding of the waters east of Suez. The 3D images were created after the vessel left the Egyptian port of Safaga and were made using a multibeam echo sounder. Derek Rae, commanding officer of HMS Enterprise, said: ?These features could be the result of ancient rivers scouring through the rock strata before the Red Sea flooded millennia ago. ?Some may be far younger and still in the process of being created by underwater currents driven by the winds and tidal streams as they flow through this area of the Red Sea, carving their way through the soft sediment and being diverted by harder bed rock. Or there is always the possibility that they are a combination of the two. It is, however, almost certain to say that this is the closest that humans will ever get to gaze upon these truly impressive sights.? Source and 3D images +Gary7 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Gary7 Subscriber² Posted February 25, 2013 Subscriber² Share Posted February 25, 2013 The images are amazing.Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Growled Member Posted February 26, 2013 Member Share Posted February 26, 2013 We just now are getting the technology to study the oceans properly. Amazing stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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