Icy Atlantis: Ngabe lesi sakhiwo esiyinqaba sedome esifihlwe e-Antarctica siveza impucuko yasendulo elahlekile?

NgoJanuwari 2012, kwavela 'isakhiwo' esingajwayelekile ezwenikazi elibandayo lase-Antarctica, okuthiwa likhaya lomuzi wasendulo owawufihlekile.

Icy Atlantis: Ngabe lesi sakhiwo esiyinqaba sedome esifihlwe e-Antarctica siveza impucuko yasendulo elahlekile? 1
Abaphenyi badideka ngalokhu okutholakele, abanye abantu abathi kungaba wubufakazi bempucuko efihliwe. “Iminonjana yokuhlala kwabantu ngaphansi kweqhwa” ivezwe ezithombeni ezikhishwe yiNasa, eyathathwa ngesathelayithi i-GOI 1.

Isakhiwo esingaqondakali sibonakala singama-400ft ngaphesheya futhi senziwe ngabantu, ngokutholakala kwaso kwengezwe ohlwini olukhulayo lobufakazi obuthi kungenzeka kube nomuzi ofihlekile ongaphansi komhlaba. I-Antarctica ayihlali kakhulu ngenxa yamakhaza ashubisa umnkantsha. Kulinganiselwa ukuthi izwekazi lafinyelela ezingeni leqhwa lanamuhla eminyakeni engama-6,000 edlule, futhi ligcwele iqhwa ngokuphelele eminyakeni edlule.

Ososayensi baqale basola ukuthi indunduma eyinqaba kwakuyi-sastrugi - imisele ebukhali eyakhiwa eqhweni yimimoya enamandla. Kepha lezi zimo zivamise ukuba nemiphetho emifushane, ebukhali, kanye nokwakheka kwemfihlakalo kubonakala kune-oval.

Icy Atlantis: Ngabe lesi sakhiwo esiyinqaba sedome esifihlwe e-Antarctica siveza impucuko yasendulo elahlekile? 2
Izimangalo ziza ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ngemuva kwesithombe esivele sikhombisa iphiramidi e-Antartica

Izimangalo ziphume ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ngemuva kokutholakala kwesimo esikhulu esinjengesiphiramidi kuleli zwekazi elibandayo. Yize, amahemuhemu wedolobha elifihliwe ngaphansi kweqhwa abelokhu lisakazeka iminyaka.

Ngokwabaningi bama-theorists, le "anomaly" enkulu futhi engaqondakali isuka ibanga elingamakhilomitha ayi-151 futhi ingangcwatshwa ngaphansi kwamamitha angama-848 ngaphansi komhlaba. Izazi zetulo kanye nososayensi abathile bathi leli zwekazi elibandayo empeleni liyikhaya ledolobha elilahlekile lase-Atlantis.

Icy Atlantis: Ngabe lesi sakhiwo esiyinqaba sedome esifihlwe e-Antarctica siveza impucuko yasendulo elahlekile? 3
Umbono womculi wokuthi idolobha lase-Antarctica libukeka kanjani. © Isikweletu: David Demaret

Umbono uthi ukunyakaza koqweqwe loMhlaba kwakusho ukuthi izingxenye ezinkulu ze-Antarctica zazingenalo iqhwa eminyakeni eyi-12,000 360 eyedlule futhi abantu babengahlala lapho. Ngokusobala, umphakathi wawungaba khona ngaphambi kokuphela nge-Ice Age yokugcina eyabanda phezu kwezwekazi. Futhi lokhu bekungahle kube yi-Atlantis, idolobha lasenganekwaneni elasungulwa ngabantu ababengunkulunkulu oyingxenye kanye nengxenye yomuntu okwakhulunywa okokuqala ngusosayensi ongumGreki uPlato ngo-XNUMXBC.

Amanye ama-theorists axhumanisa lesi sakhiwo esingajwayelekile se-Antarctica namanxiwa asendulo amangalisayo atholakala eSeningizimu ye-Afrika ngenxa yokufana kwawo ngokungajwayelekile ngesimo nokubukeka. Atholakala kumasipala wendawo wase-Emakhazeni, kumasipala wesifunda saseNkangala, esifundazweni saseMpumalanga, eNingizimu Afrika.

Icy Atlantis: Ngabe lesi sakhiwo esiyinqaba sedome esifihlwe e-Antarctica siveza impucuko yasendulo elahlekile? 4
Amanxiwa oMuzi wasendulo atholakala eSouthern Africa.

Izindonga zaleli dolobha lasendulo laseNingizimu Afrika zenziwe ngeDolerite. Ngokubala isilinganiso sokuguguleka kwe-Dolerite, isakhiwo uqobo lwaso sineminyaka engu-200,000 ubudala. Isakhiwo se-Antarctic nezinsalela ezitholakala eNingizimu Afrika zombili zifana kakhulu, sengathi kusetshenziswe izindlela ezifanayo zokwakha noma sengathi abakhi bayefana.

Ukuze wazi okuningi, funda: Kutholwe idolobha elilahlekile elineminyaka engu-200,000 eSouthern Africa