An enigmatic triangular building that surfaced in satellite photographs of Antarctica, a continent noted for its snow and ice cover and absence of a permanent human population, has sparked intense debate.
Users on social media were perplexed by the photographs, which sparked discussions regarding the origins of this purported “pyramid.”
The enormous pyramid-shaped object was visible in satellite photographs of the Ellsworth Mountain range, which is located in the southernmost region of Antarctica.
Several odd-looking peaks were found nearby, including one that resembles Egypt’s Great Pyramid of Giza and measures two kilometers in every direction from its square base.
However, as pictures of the “pyramids” appeared on social media, many began speculating about how such a huge construction might have come into being. One user wrote on the new Twitter-like microblogging platform X, “Wait how they moved the pyramids from Egypt to Antarctica?”
Some users continued to claim that the enormous edifice was built by artificial life or the fabled hidden club “the Illuminati.” “This building dates back to the civilization that predated the flood,” another user said. Antarctica was heated about 10,000 years ago.”
‘Pyramidal peaked mountain’ is explained by scientists
Scientists explained the mysterious shape by describing it as a characteristic of glaciated regions known as a “pyramidal peaked mountain.”
It’s hardly surprising that granite peaks are poking out above the ice considering that the pyramid-shaped structures are situated in the Ellsworth Mountains, a region that spans more than 400 km.
It’s a coincidence that this particular peak has that shape, but the peaks are definitely made of rock, according to Dr. Mitch Darcy, a geologist at the German Research Centre for Geosciences in Potsdam, in an interview with IFLScience.
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It’s not a difficult shape, thus it’s also not a very unique coincidence. It is a nunatak by definition, which is only a rock peak protruding above a glacier or ice sheet. Although this one resembles a pyramid, Darcy continued, “It doesn’t make it a human creation.
Sea ice the size of Argentina is missing
The sea ice wasn’t back to anywhere near the anticipated levels in the Southern Hemisphere during the record-breaking summer. Since records have been kept, 45 years ago, this time of year has seen the lowest amount.
The ice was almost 1.6 million square kilometers (0.6 million square miles) less than the previous winter’s lowest record, which was achieved in 2022, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Centre (NSIDC).
Antarctica’s sea ice in July was 2.6 million square kilometers (1 million square miles) less than it had been on average from 1981 to 2010. This is equivalent to the combined regions of Texas, California, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, and Colorado, or the size of Argentina.
According to Ted Scambos, a glaciologist at the University of Colorado Boulder, “The game has changed. Talking about the likelihood of it occurring under the old system is pointless because it is obvious that the system has changed.
