An unidentified golden object was found in the deep waters of the Gulf of Alaska and was recovered by scientists, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said.
NOAA reported the news on its website on the 7th, titled "Unidentified golden specimens capture the imagination."
The team discovered a mysterious object on the 30th of last month (local time). At a depth of about 3,300 meters in the Gulf of Alaska, something golden was spotted on a remote-controlled unmanned submarine (ROV) camera.
It was about 10cm in diameter and was firmly attached to the rock in the shape of a smooth and round dome. There was a hole at one end of the object, which also looked like an egg. The interior was the same color. The team tried to poke the object with the robot arm, worrying that something might pop out, but nothing came out.
The object aroused the imagination of researchers and was nicknamed "Golden Egg," "Yellow Hat," and "Golden Sphere." At the beginning of the discovery, scientists made various guesses such as coral, eggshell, and sponge.
The investigation team said it sucked the object with a suction tube and pulled it onto the ship, but "it was still unable to identify its identity except that it was of biological origin.
The object that came out of the water looked even stranger. The palm-sized lump surface was smooth and shiny outside the water, but it was made up of layers.
Sam Candio of the exploration team said, "The discovery reminded us of how little we know about the Earth and how much we have left to learn and appreciate the sea."
Scientists plan to take the specimen to a laboratory that uses more sophisticated tools to study whether it is related to a new species.
This undersea exploration is 'Seascape Alaska 5: Exploration and Mapping of Remote Control Vehicles in Alaska', which began on the 23rd of last month and runs until the 16th of this month. It is being broadcast live on NOAA. It plans to capture the deep sea, which has never been seen before, up to a depth of 6 kilometers.
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