It ’s a new day on the internet so there ’s a new conspiracy possibility : a mysterious new Great Pyramid has been discovered in Antarctica thanks to Google Earth .
Except it ’s just a mass . And even the “ raw ” part of the conspiracy theory is just a re - hashed interpretation of a story that has been reported for class on Pyramid in the South Pole .
So let ’s discuss the first Pyramid ( AKA mountain ) . It was find out by the British Antarctic Expedition of 1910 - 1913 . It was then kept secret from every other person in the world by call in it “ The Pyramid ” and then use that name on every singlegeological surveyof the area .
These geologists thought they were clever with this double bluff , but they could n’t imagine that 100 twelvemonth afterwards “ truthers ” would see through their ploy and name that the Pyramid is really a pyramid , credibly created by an exotic civilization , or Atlantis . Maybe . Definitely .
Now a 2d batch has restarted the wheel of confederacy theories . It can be found at the coordinates79 ° 58’39.25?S 81 ° 57’32.21?W. It ’s clearly a mountain .
The freshly discover Antarctica Pyramid . Google Earth
“ The Pyramids of Egypt - shaped structure are located in the Ellsworth Mountains , which is a range of mountains more than 400 km long , so it ’s no surprise there are jolting peaks cropping out above the ice . The peaks are clearly composed of rock , and it ’s a coincidence that this particular elevation has that pattern , ” Dr Mitch Darcy , geologist at the German Research Centre for Geosciences in Potsdam , told IFLScience .
“ It ’s not a complicated soma , so it ’s not a particular coincidence either . By definition , it is anunatak , which is simply a summit of rock music stick out above a glacier or an ice sheet . This one has the shape of a Great Pyramid , but that does n’t make it a human construction . ”
Althoughit ’s all very mystical because somebodyon the cyberspace allege so , pyramid - shaped peaks are very uncouth : theMatterhornin the Alps and MountBulandstindurin Iceland are notable case .
On top of everything , there ’s literally no vantage in having a secret base in Antarctica . If there were the world governments would have already had a fight over its resources . Luckily , all the South Pole is rich in is natural diversity and scientific opportunities , and long may it persist that direction .
[ h / t : MSN News ]
