The planet we live on is named Earth. It sounds like it’s a land-based world, but the reality is that the ocean occupies 71% of the earth’s area, and the land is only 29%.

If you observe the earth from outer space, you will find that the earth is more like a water polo, and the blue color fills people's vision. Although human beings live on land, they have always had an extremely passionate desire to explore the ocean.

And just in 2022, a group of experts who study the marine world and the seabed environment saw a road paved with bricks on the seabed and named it "Yellow Brick Road".

'Yellow Brick Road' found on the bottom of the Pacific Ocean

The mysterious seabed has man-made roads. What's going on? Next, we will explain the so-called "yellow brick road" from the following aspects.

Atlantis

From the pictures of the scene taken by the crew, we can clearly see that there is a road suspected to be paved with masonry on the dark seabed, which has been somewhat damaged at the edge, but the middle part is still intact. Combined with the shady surroundings, it feels a bit like Huangquan Road in Chinese legend. But those who go to explore prefer to see it as the road to Atlantis.

Atlantis imagined

Why do experts think this road has something to do with Atlantis? Atlantis is a legendary ancient civilization, also known as Atlantis, which first appeared in Plato's "Dialogues".

According to various legends, it can be inferred that Atlantis is probably located near Europe and the Strait of Gibraltar. It is said that this civilization has an extremely developed economy and culture, but one day it suddenly encountered an earthquake and flood . The island completely sank to the bottom of the sea.

sunken atlantis

Experts and scholars who have studied Atlantis said that the buildings of Atlantis may be in the shape of concentric circles as a whole, and these buildings will emit different beautiful notes with changes in wind and temperature.

This legendary civilization not only has the technology to use light to generate power energy, but also has the technology to rejuvenate people. Therefore, many people hope to find clues about Atlantis.

So is this road really related to Atlantis? Let's first take a look at the location of the "yellow brick road" before making a judgment.

The architecture of Atlantis may be in the shape of concentric circles

Pacific Plate

The "Yellow Brick Road" is located on the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. First of all, we must know that there are six major plates in the world, namely the Eurasian plate, the American plate, the Pacific plate, the Indian Ocean plate, the African plate and the Antarctic plate. Each plate has been in motion.

Various natural disasters such as earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions are actually caused by plate movements. In addition, the formation of many environmental features on the earth is also inseparable from plate movement, such as the Himalayas.

The Himalayas are the highest mountain ranges on earth. They are formed by the extrusion of the Indian Ocean plate and the Eurasian plate. They are currently increasing at a rate of 1 cm per year.

According to the investigation by geologists, the Himalayas were actually still a vast ocean 2 billion years ago.

Among these moving plates, the Pacific plate is the most special. It is the only plate that is completely covered by the ocean. The direction of movement is mainly northwest, west, and north, and it is constantly moving toward the trenches in these three directions.

The Pacific Ocean is about 15,000 kilometers long from north to south, 19,000 kilometers wide from east to west, and covers an area of ​​about 80 million square kilometers. In addition, the Pacific Ocean is also the largest and deepest ocean in the world, with a depth of up to 11,000 meters.

The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest ocean (the picture shows a sinking ship)

Since the recorded Atlantis is located in the Atlantic island from Europe to the Strait of Gibraltar, and the Pacific Ocean is between Asia and North America, this proves that the "yellow brick road" will not have any effect with Atlantis. connect.

So which civilization is the "yellow brick road" related to? Was it built by humans? In fact, among the existing human civilizations, the Chinese civilization is the best at and the first to use masonry.

Since the "Yellow Brick Road" seems to be made of masonry, and the Chinese civilization happens to be nearby, will the "Yellow Brick Road" have something to do with the Chinese civilization?

Chinese civilization has a long history

As humans learned to use fire and pottery, masonry gradually appeared in people's field of vision. According to the research conclusions of historical archaeologists, China had pottery tiles such as slabs and tube tiles in the early Western Zhou Dynasty, and masonry was used in the construction field in the middle of the Western Zhou Dynasty .

In 2010, Chinese archaeologists discovered a group of special masonry materials in a historical site in Xi'an , which were made of masonry materials 5,000 years ago, which is also the earliest masonry found in the world.

However, ancient China did not have the technology and ability to dive into the deep sea. In the area where the Yellow Brick Road is located, people now need to rely on submarines to arrive. Even if ancient China mastered mature brick and stone manufacturing technology, it was impossible to build such a deep sea area. A "yellow brick road".

Remnants of bricks unearthed in China

What is the "Yellow Brick Road"?

After ruling out the artificial speculation, the experts on the Nautilus put forward a new point of view: this is not actually a road, but it looks very similar to a stone and brick road.

Whether it is in the process of human exploration of nature or the process of exploring the universe, there have been situations like admitting mistakes. For example, in a picture taken by a Mars rover, a rock similar to a thigh bone appeared. At that time, many people mistakenly believed that there was life on Mars, and this thigh bone was left after the death of life on Mars.

Rocks suspected of 'biological leg bones' on Mars

Or in another photo of Mars, people found something that looks like an engine. After careful comparison by scientists, they found that it was actually just a rock. Due to various effects such as weathering, it looked a bit strange.

There are many strangely shaped rocks on the surface of Mars

There have also been many similar jokes on Earth. For example, a scientist used a fossil marine creature as a screw, doubting whether there was a developed civilization before. Later, after research, it was found that this "screw" was just a biological fossil , During the formation of this fossil, due to the corrosion of seawater and the corrosion of organisms, it gradually turned into a screw.

So is the "yellow brick road" also a misunderstanding? Scientists think it is very possible.

Sea creature fossils shaped like screws

Scientists aboard the Nautilus probed the geography around the "yellow brick road" in detail, and then came up with two plausible explanations.

One is the theory of plate movement. They believe that with the movement of the plate, the traces of early human activities may also follow the plate to the sea. The other theory is that this is actually formed naturally . Gradually cracked, and gradually became what it is now.

Scientists speculate that the "yellow brick road" may be formed naturally

According to the investigation of the surrounding environment, there is a dry lake bed formed by the fracture of transparent rock in this area. Transparent rock is a type of volcanic rock that forms when a volcano erupts with high energy. Scientists believe that these transparent rocks were ejected onto the seabed with the volcanic eruption, and this strange picture was gradually formed under the alternating action of erosion and the heating and cooling cycle of the volcano.

In any case, about the "yellow brick road", scientists need further research to come to the final remarks. We should uphold rational thinking and look at this discovery calmly.