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Ancient Forest Uncovered In The Gulf Of Mexico
June 28, 2017
The Underwater Forest, a new documentary by journalist Ben Raines and produced by This is Alabama, details the discovery and exploration of an ancient cypress forest found 60 feet underwater in the Gulf of Mexico, due south of Gulf Shores.
The forest dates to an ice age more than 60,000 years ago, when sea levels were about 400 feet lower than they are today. Scientist believe the forest was uncovered by Hurricane Ivan.
Watch the video (28 mins) below, or click here for YouTube.
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12 Responses to “Ancient Forest Uncovered In The Gulf Of Mexico”
This was a fascinating documentary! It could have been three hours longer, and I still would have been riveted to the screen! Our world and it’s changing environments is endlessly interesting.
The video implies strongly that there may well be other similar places just nine feet or so under the silt of the Gulf floor some sixty feet deep.
Also, a rule of thumb: sixty feet sixty minutes without needing to decompress
David for cypress
CONSIDERING:
” A world wide flood would certainly cause a massive amount of erosion .”
Why? If the entire world is flooded, there is no reason for water to flow from a high place to a low place. Zero erosion.
David for still water
Thank you, William. The film was educational and beautifully done.
@Don Neese. Well said. My first thought entirely.
Looks like something caused by a world wide flood. A world wide flood would certainly cause a massive amount of erosion . Even the grand Canyon cut have been cut out in just a few years with that much water. Sharks teeth in Wyoming? Sounds like proof to me. Enjoyed the film.
2 Peter 3:5-6 KJV
For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water: [6] Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
thank you north escambia for printing this is was very informtive hope it is preserved for future generations
Very intresting, So Ivan dug them up? Who is it to say that what hurricane may have buried them? What would our beach’s look like now if we did not keep adding sand to them after every hurricane? That is call (beach erroision) Seems to me it would be some kind of out crop Island, Large enough to retain its own fresh water supply , Much like Big lagoon has fresh water pockets. I think the rings indicate salt water intrusion, my guess. Now it is true, sea levels went as high as Wyoming, its call Fossil Bute, lots of sea life there. in the form of fossils. So, lets see, 60,000 years ago, it was at mean sea level. and that was 400 ft lower, It still leaves out the erroision factor, Oh and we know how fast that works. Also, Bull sharks have been known to adapt to fresh water, It is now a theory that that is where the go to bare their young, good stuff much better than arguing about politics!! LOL
That was very interesting.
Just goes to show that it can happen again. All of the coastal areas we know very well could end up under water someday.
AWESOME ! ! ! Thanks for this story!
Wonderful and fascinating story of our past. Scary but so important. Thoroughly enjoyed this documentary. Great work folks! Keep us updated.