NASA has released new images of the mysterious anomaly on the ice of the lake, seen from space
Almost perfect rings with a diameter of about 4 kilometers caught our eye on April 5. The ISS crew monitored the anomaly until April 27, when it began to actively melt.
And the other day NASA, which organized the shooting, distributed new images.
The rings appeared in the area of the Slyudyanka village and the Svyatoy Nos peninsula. And they inspired ufologists, who suggested that giant "flying saucers" were hanging here. Or, in extreme cases, the anomaly is akin to the one that appears in the grain fields in the form of circles of fallen plants.
The ring in the southern part of the lake appeared on April 5
Scientists, of course, reject alien and mystical versions. But the exact cause of the phenomenon does not seem to be known. Some suggest that it may be associated with methane emissions. Others sin on geothermal activity.
But why exactly rings were formed, and not just polynyas, no one has yet explained.
And they could have figured it out. Indeed, according to Andrei Kichigin, Deputy Director of Rosgeolfond FSUE, the phenomenon has been observed for the fifth time. And for the first time the rings were seen in April 1999 near Cape Krestovsky.
2 rings are visible from space
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