SatAM17
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More interesting circular formations on land and underwater near the Bahamas, the Turks and Caicos islands.
It is a bit of a mystery as to how these circles were formed.
Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Islands Image Study
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soupphysics
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Reged: 11/16/06
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It seems to me that these fishnets would have apeared dark on an airial photo, and not light like they do. On the airials it looks like they are lines of clear sand under the water, unlike most of the area where it is covered by sea weed or something.
Couldn't it be pipes. there is a big white area too, maybe there use to be an oilrig there and there use to be oil pipes there, so now there is just clear sand.?
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Hale
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Reged: 10/15/05
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I have looked carefully and I can't find aligned arrows. Please describe them better, be specifying the angle and distance of one of them from the placemark. Maybe then I can find one.
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crich1110
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My Wilminton roots go back into the 1800's.
My father told me that he once saw some old aerial maps of Wilmington that showed the city and surrounding area sitting in ancient meteor craters such as the 'Carolina Holes' off of Chalreston. This could very well explain the features off the coast of Masonboro Inlet.
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BloodBro
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Yes, these are simply tidal fish traps. there are more along the west coast at a different orientation.
they are modern, as in they are currently in use by local fishermen from the coastal villages, but ancient and traditional in design, simply wooden stakes driven into the sand-bed and the suspended nets form a funnel that fish can swim into but not out of.
As for the lines, they seem to be just natural rifts or channels in the bed.
This water is very shallow, possibly less than 4 feet at low tide.
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SatAM17
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I have contacted an archaeologist about this area with no reply so I'm hoping someone can tell me if this is a modern or ancient attempt at agriculture. The placemark takes you to a marshland region on the Southern tip of Florida that contains equally spaced circular features. What's so interesting about this area is the fact that similar circular features aligned in rows have been sighted underwater near the Florida keys so I'm thinking if it's ancient, it could be a potentially very old site. I've also spotted the same features in the deserts of Africa and I plan on posting these to the site soon.
All comments are most welcome!
See the Florida Keys Circular linear formations here
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SatAM17
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11 Placemarks including circular features, unusual patterns and sub-surface anomalies near the Outer Banks, North Carolina.
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Sogno
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Given the concentric circle that this pattern displays around inlet in-between Carolina Beach and Masonboro, the normally cloudy water around Carolina beaches, & the proximity to the Cape Fear River, I would surmise that what you're seeing is just the water currents from low-tide.
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SGS_AbuDhabi
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Common throughout the gulf region. They are fish traps, basically walls of netting supported by poles which guide the fish to the arrow head where a holding pen with wedge shaped entrance keeps the fish trapped but alive untill the fisherman can collect them. I surveyed many of these areas in the 80's & 90's by boat and ruined several propellers hitting the damned things at high tide when we couldn't see them properly!
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upfrontkart01
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Have you never been to a beach before? Those so call "Underwater parallel features" are nothing more than waves. And as for the brownish circle looking shape, that is where the intercoastal brackish water meets the ocean water at low tide. Fisherman sometimes call this line a weedline or foamline because that is where seaweed and trash collect.
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