The Ancient Eye of Sauron Has Been Discovered, And It s an Undersea Volcano
TIM O HARA, THE CONVERSATION
22 JULY 2021
Lord of the Rings trilogy, an ancient undersea volcano was slowly revealed by multibeam sonar 3,100 meters (10,170 ft) below our vessel, 280 kilometers (174 miles) southeast of Christmas Island.
This was on day 12 of our voyage of exploration to Australia s Indian Ocean Territories, aboard CSIRO s dedicated ocean research vessel, the RV
Previously unknown and unimagined, this volcano emerged from our screens as a giant oval-shaped depression called a caldera, 6.2 km by 4.8 km across. It is surrounded by a 300-m-high rim (resembling Sauron s eyelids), and has a 300-m-high cone-shaped peak at its center (the pupil ).
We ve discovered an undersea volcano near Christmas Island that looks like the Eye of Sauron
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We ve discovered an undersea volcano near Christmas Island that looks like the Eye of Sauron
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