The extraterrestrial theory
But NASA did not expect that its image caused a stir among Twitter users, who offered all kinds of theories to explain the strange formation. The explanation of the conspiracy theorists is that the supposed “iceberg” was sent by a very technologically advanced race. The goal of “formation” is to look for other forms of life and, when possible, help them move forward. It would be something like a space probe.
But the most surprising thing is that this “monolith” would have been on Earth since the dawn of humanity. But now, NASA would have been able to detect the strong magnetic field of the probe in Antarctica. And they would have recognized it immediately as an object sent by an advanced species. It is then when the “iceberg” sends a signal to the creators, letting them know that we have advanced enough to discover their messages. Of course, the next step would be extraterrestrial contact, which could happen in the near future.(mysterious perfectly rectangular iceberg)
The scientific explanation
Undoubtedly, for the skeptics, this iceberg was not deposited in this world by extraterrestrials. In contrast, Kelly Brunt, the NASA glaciologist and professor at the University of Maryland, explained that the ice block was probably formed by a process that is quite common at the edges of icebergs.
“So, this is what has happened,” Brunt told the scientific news website Live Science. “There are two types of icebergs: we have the kind that everyone can imagine in their head that sank the Titanic and that they look like prisms or triangles on the surface and you know they have a crazy subsoil. And then you have what’s called ‘tabular icebergs’. “
According to Brunt, the tabular icebergs are broad, flat and long like a sponge cake. They separate from the edges of the ice shelves: large blocks, connected to the ground, but floating in the water found in frozen places like Antarctica. It seems this wine from the Larsen C ice shelf in the Antarctic Peninsula. He added that tabular icebergs are formed through a process that is a bit like a nail that grows too much and breaks at the end. They are often rectangular and geometric.
“What makes this unusual is that it looks almost like a square, ” Brunt explained.
For the NASA glaciologist it is difficult to distinguish the size of the iceberg in this photo, but it is probably more than a kilometer wide . And, as with all icebergs, the visible part on the surface is only the top 10 percent of its mass. The rest is hidden underwater. In the case of tabular icebergs, this subsurface mass is usually of a regular and geometric appearance, similar to what is seen above.(mysterious perfectly rectangular iceberg)
It is clear that Brunt’s explanation has not served to prevent the spread of alternative theories, mainly because the tabular icebergs do not show such a perfect form and Brunt himself acknowledged that it is quite unusual.
Now, if we take for granted the hypothesis that it is an extraterrestrial probe, the question would be: Why has NASA shared the image publicly? Maybe he’s sending some kind of message?(mysterious perfectly rectangular iceberg)
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