Scientists are baffled at the discovery of mysterious holes at the bottom of the ocean that look “human-made”.
They were found by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Okeanos Explorer ship, which carried out three ocean exploration expeditions as part of the Voyage to the Ridge 2022.
The NOAA is now conducting mapping operations around the Charlie-Gibbs Fracture Zone, Mid-Atlantic Ridge and the Azores Plateau in the North Atlantic Ocean as they try to solve the mystery.
However, they also put a call out to internet sleuths asking what – or who – they think made the peculiar indentations.
The NOAA said on Facebook: “Okay Facebookers, time to get out those scientist hats!