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"We gathered at the edge of the ship deck, awaiting the return of our sediment
corer that had been lowered 4.5 kilometres – half the height of Mount Everest –
to the seafloor. Our team of 53 people nervously shuffled together like
penguins as we speculated about what we’d find.
It was July 2022. We’d been at sea for 36 days on CSIRO’s Research Vessel
Investigator to explore the edges of our continent and learn how it evolved
through time. While we’re all familiar with the shape of modern Australia, our
continental mass actually extends well beyond our shorelines.
Over the 36 days of our voyage, we mapped more than 40,000 square kilometres of
the seafloor from as shallow as 22 metres to depths of over 4.8km. And we’ve
created 3D visualisations of features never seen before.
The steel corer emerged from the deep glistening like pirate treasure. It marks
just one of many samples we collected at sea. Analysing them all will probably
take years, but we can still share exciting new maps of the seafloor and what
they may reveal – from the threat of tsunami in Australia to evidence of
ancient beaches and dunes."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
