A satellite has captured strange rippled lines across parts of Russia s arctic, leaving scientists confused as to what they are.
The photos were captured by the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on NASA s Landsat 8 satellite and show the region on both sides of the Markha River in Russia s Central Siberian Plateau.
While the intriguing striped effect is always there, it is more visible in winter when the white snow makes the patterns stand out. (NASA / Earth Observatory)
The strange pattern is evident regardless of the time of year
NASA scientists believe the cause of the effect is because this part of the Central Siberian Plateau is covered in permafrost for over 90 per cent of the year, sometimes melting for short intervals.
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In Arctic Siberia, near the Markha River, the earth ripples in ways that scientists does not fully understand and can t affirm why these hills in the Russian Arctic ripple with stripes.
NASA researchers posted earlier this week, a set of satellite images of the strange wrinkled landscape to the Earth Observatory website of the agency.
(Photo : Space X)
Conflicting Explanations Given to NASA
The photos, taken with the Landsat 8 satellite display the land on both sides of the Markha River waving with flipping dark and light stripes. The puzzling effect is apparent in all four seasons, but it is obvious in winter when white snow makes a conflicting pattern even harsher.
Scientists have been left puzzled by a recent odd landscape captured by a satellite in the cold Arctic depths of Siberia, Russia, near the Markha River.
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