Disaster Large underwater observatory disappears without a trace

Large Underwater Observatory Disappears Without A Trace, Baffling Scientists

A large monitoring station used to gather important scientific data in the Baltic Sea has mysteriously vanished....

gizmodo.com

A large monitoring station used to gather important scientific data in the Baltic Sea has mysteriously vanished.

The underwater observatory, which had been on the seafloor since December 2016, is managed by the GEOMAR Helmholtz Center for Ocean Research Kiel and the Helmholtz Center Geesthacht (HZG). On August 21 at 8:15 p.m. local time, transmissions from the €300,000 ($330,000) station came to a sudden halt. Divers were dispatched to the site, only to find—much to their astonishment—that the entire structure was gone, save for a shredded transmission cable, according to a GEOMAR statement.

 

[Wooper]

Without a trace?
It's in the ocean somewhere dumbass.

 

[mr.moon1488]

(((disappears)))

 

[Tootsie Bear]

I can't wait for CNN and Twitter to blame Trump for this. Wouldn't surprise me the Russians were involved one way or another.

 

[ToroidalBoat]

giant squid?

(but seriously this is unsettling)

 

[frozenrunner]

Probably fell into a trench and was crushed.

Horror movie based on this news story when.

 

[Sam Losco]

"Large" (also saw it called "huge") observatory but at only $330k? Yeah, bit misleading. It's not a habitat or anything people can get it inside. It's just this:



Someone stole that shit or it was mistakenly hooked and dragged off by a fishing vessel that shouldn't have been there.

Or, you know, Cthulhu.

 

[d12]

Mysterious underwater disappearance? In the Baltics? I'd be surprised if the Ruskies weren't involved in this.

 

[LazloChalos]

The article makes it sound like an underwater base whose disappearance was thought to be impossible.

This is their missing observatory:

 

[Rice Is Ready]

The article makes it sound like an underwater base whose disappearance was thought to be impossible.

This is their missing observatory:
View attachment 926548

An observatory for ants??

 

[Larry David's Opera Cape]

Sounds like it was literally just a couple of webcams attached to a scaffolding, or something along those lines.

 

[Your Weird Fetish]

I was gonna say it's probably some hitherto unknown underwater weather phenomenon but that thing is tiny and it's easy to imagine any number of things removing or destroying it. Disappointing. The stars are not yet right...

 

[Red Hood]

 

[BarberFerdinand]

I for one welcome our new Hampture overlords.

 

[pwnest injun]

I keep reading this as Large Underwear Observatory...

 

[ToroidalBoat]

I'd be surprised if the Ruskies weren't involved in this.

Maybe it's all part of an elaborate plot to get Trump re-elected?

 

[RetardedCat]

The article makes it sound like an underwater base whose disappearance was thought to be impossible.

This is their missing observatory:
View attachment 926548

I was expecting it to be something out of the movie The Abyss. I'm very disappointed now, I want my money back.

 

[Shaved Kiwis]

"Large" (also saw it called "huge") observatory but at only $330k? Yeah, bit misleading. It's not a habitat or anything people can get it inside. It's just this:

View attachment 926527

Someone stole that shit or it was mistakenly hooked and dragged off by a fishing vessel that shouldn't have been there.

Or, you know, Cthulhu.

That or scuba diving tweakers.

 

[Shitassdeaddude]

Ia ia, mothercthuckers.

 

[AnOminous]

Chinks stole my ocean observatory!