Newly discovered Reef

[Funston07]

So has anyone else checked out the newly discovered reef they found off of Queensland? Its crazy to think being the size it is that it hasn't been discovered before. Its literally taller than the Epire State building. I guess with it being a detached reef and Australia not having a dedicated underwater vehicle to explore the waters though could make it hard to find before. Its also the first to be discovered in the past 120 years and estimated 20 million years old at its deepest part. The ocean truly is fascinating, its great as technology advances the fascinating things we are finding below the surface of water that we normally don't see.

 

[Crashnt24]

I saw the headline about it. Need to go back and read it, hope it's picture heavy!

 

[Funston07]

I saw the headline about it. Need to go back and read it, hope it's picture heavy!

The one I read wasn't picture heavy but it did have a 2hr exploration video of them collecting samples and everything. I scrolled through the video some, seen some interesting stuff on it.

 

[Mike from TN]

The one I read wasn't picture heavy but it did have a 2hr exploration video of them collecting samples and everything. I scrolled through the video some, seen some interesting stuff on it.

Sounds cool! Would you happen to have a link to that vid? I’d love to see it.

 

[Funston07]

Sounds cool! Would you happen to have a link to that vid? I’d love to see it.

Here is a link for the video. The first two minutes there's no audio, they lose communication for a few but get it back up and running. The first half is kinda deep so you don't see a bunch of stuff but after an hour they get in shallower water and that's when you start seeing more and more. Main reason I kinda skimmed through the video. You can find plenty of articles though describing more about the dive if you just Google newly discovered reef as well.

 

[Daniel@R2R Verified Admin]

Agreed! Very cool!!

 

[vetteguy53081]

W O W !!

 

[mkwarner77]

goes to show you how little we really know about our own ocean.

 

[fishguy242]

amazing !!did not hear,but def going to check out :cool:

 

[Funston07]

goes to show you how little we really know about our own ocean.

It's crazy when you think about that. Basically have an entire other world within our world that we know so little about.

 

[H3rm1tCr@b]

You guys see that stalked crinoid at 1:00.50? That is an amazing creature that has existed since before the dinosaurs. They’re pretty rare now. Man I wanna go diving in Australia someday!

 

[daysalive]

i dont know what to say ! im literally speechless