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2022-05-23 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Scientists Left Stupefied After Large Underwater Observatory Vanishes Without A Trace

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Posted by DarthVader 2022-05-23 11:49|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Got to close to R'lyeh.

Posted by DarthVader 2022-05-23 11:52|| 2022-05-23 11:52|| Front Page Top

#2 Excellent graphic.

Posted by Besoeker 2022-05-23 12:01|| 2022-05-23 12:01|| Front Page Top

#3 When parts of SOSUS go offline, it will be time to worry.

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-05-23 12:13|| 2022-05-23 12:13|| Front Page Top

#4 That's a pretty old article. Here is a followup where they found some of the missing equipment:

Posted by WacoInMN 2022-05-23 14:29|| 2022-05-23 14:29|| Front Page Top

#5 Hmm. Guess I don't know how to get the link in properly. Here it is in text: https://www.geomar.de/en/news/article/rack-of-the-missing-boknis-eck-observatory-found

Posted by WacoInMN 2022-05-23 14:29|| 2022-05-23 14:29|| Front Page Top

#6 /\ No issues Wacoln. We're here for you. Many thanks for your expert find.

Rack of the missing Boknis-Eck observatory found

Posted by Besoeker 2022-05-23 14:33|| 2022-05-23 14:33|| Front Page Top

#7 Was any and all copper removed?

Posted by Procopius2k 2022-05-23 15:18|| 2022-05-23 15:18|| Front Page Top

#8 Pretty old, indeed — the IFL Science article is datelined 06 SEP 2019.

And from WacoInMN’s link:

18 February 2020 / Kiel. Two racks equipped with environmental sensors and installations for a power supply disappeared without trace at the end of August 2019. This equipment was installed by the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel and the Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht Centre for Materials and Coastal Research on the seafloor in a restricted area at the exit of Eckernförde Bay. Now, with the help of the survey, wreck search and research vessel (VWFS) DENEB of the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH), one of the racks was found and recovered. It was located north-northeast of its original location, upside down on the seabed at a depth of about 20 metres.

Good work finding the rest of the story, dear Waco. Thank you!

Posted by trailing wife 2022-05-23 15:21|| 2022-05-23 15:21|| Front Page Top

#9 WacoInMN, to create a hot link: first type a bit of text to hold it, then highlight the text, then paste the URL into the pop-up link thingy. You got the last step perfectly, but gave it nothing to attach to. No worries — we’ve all climbed that learning curve at some point.

Posted by trailing wife 2022-05-23 15:25|| 2022-05-23 15:25|| Front Page Top

#10 Catalytic Converter is missing.

Snark O'The Day

Posted by swksvolFF 2022-05-23 15:29|| 2022-05-23 15:29|| Front Page Top

#11 I saw some deep sea sensors for sale on eBay just the other day. Could be related you never know.

Posted by jpal 2022-05-23 15:58|| 2022-05-23 15:58|| Front Page Top

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