Re: Can Anyone Identify These Sonar Images? - Offshore Cuba

Looks like man-made debris dumped or sunk into the deep blue sea-
The detailed shots do not show enough detail (ship's track etc.), while the
larger complete record does not have a scale? Are the time lines 15 or 25
meters, and what are the shot point intervals?
Cheers,
OceanPete



"Keith Littleton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Dear lurkers and participants,
>
> Recently some sonar pictures of the sea
> bottom off of northwest end of Cuba have
> been posted on the Internet at:
>
> http://www.earthfiles.com/Images/news/C/CubaSideScanSonars.jpg
>
> The estimated length and width of these features,
> which are sounded by loose sand, estimated as:
>
> ""up to 150 to 200 meters (492
> to 656 feet) in  length and
> maybe up to 50 to 100 meters
> (164 to 328 feet) in width."
>
> They occur at a depth of 700 meters.
>
> The full story can be found at:
> http://www.earthfiles.com/news/news.cfm?ID=587&category=Science
>
> Does anyone on this mailing list seen features
> like this before?   Does anyone have any
> suggestion as what they might be?
>
> NOTE: remove "NO from email address before replying.
>
> Yours,
>
> Keith Littleton
> St. Tammany Parish, LA
>
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