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« Reply #30 on: March 10, 2007, 11:09:08 pm »

Hi Greg and Desiree ,

  I notice that a lot of the belief concerning Atlantis in America or the Caribbean is based on Edgar Cayce .I have not read much about what he actually said but hearing that he obtained his 'evidence' via hypnosis causes me to pretty much dismiss it.  Yet many of the 'believers' in Cayce seem level headed and I wonder if maybe there is something I am missing that would make Cayce's sayings carry more weight.(i doubt it) . I am willing to consider it though.

I have read that Cayce predicted that parts of Atlantis would rise again in 1968 or 1969 .So when Valentine (?)  found the Bimini road or whatever ,it was claimed that the prophecy was fulfilled . I would say that is very much wishful thinking to say the least . Is there anything else ??

Do you base your views on anything other than Cayce and a superficial reading of Plato ??

Mark asks some pretty good questions, but I think it's also important to remind people that Cayce wasn't just a guy claiming to be a psychic, he was a psychic with a pretty high accuracy rating.  He was said to be able to diagnose people just by looking at them. Do some investigation into him, and most people become convinced that he had some kind of powers we don't udnerstand.

But it isn't just Cayce that said that Atlantis was in Cuba.  Point is, before Ignatious Donnelly wrote his book suggesting that Atlantis was in the Azores, the Cuba/Bahamas region was the most popular  location for Atlantis in the Atlantic (per Collins, "Gateway to Atlantis").

Also, from what I have seen of the A.R.E. methods, all their archaeological methods are subject to actually more scientific scrutiny than the people who are criticizing them.
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« Reply #31 on: May 21, 2007, 06:46:12 am »

Hi Greg,

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We return to Andros this month to re-explore the area of the Andros Platform. In addition, I have a map that was made by J. Manson Valentine showing underwater "anomalies" off north Andros that he located flying over this area, and we will be looking at those. It is an immense area, about 10 x 10 miles. It's very shallow, and I suspect that is why Valentine didn't look there. It's hard to find a boat that can go into really shallow water (meaning less than a foot at times). There are areas a bit deeper there, between the countless islands, and we'll use side-scan sonar there. I'll release the preliminary results on our website (mysterious-america.net) in early April and we're making a 2-hour presentation at the ARE's annual conference in October. (Andrew Collins will also be there this year, presenting The Cygnus Mystery.)

We have 3 separate trips planned to Andros to cover the exploration, all within the next few months. There are other areas there we'll look at, areas we earlier identified as showing probable anomalies.

Meanwhile, the ARE has arranged a new and massive side-scan sonar project at Bimini to further what Bill Donato did a few month ago. Bill's work found one possible anomaly, a rectangular structure in water 110 feet deep.


That was back in March, and I forgot to ask, did the latest trips to Andros and Bimini produce anything you'd like to talk about?  If so, we're all ears!

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« Reply #32 on: May 21, 2007, 07:32:07 am »




Hi, Desi!

His latest report is in the ARE's latest news.  You don't have to be a member to read it.

As for reproducing it here, I was hesitant.  I don't know the copyright laws.


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« Reply #33 on: May 21, 2007, 09:47:33 pm »

Hi Bianca,

You have a link to it..?  I'd love to read it and see what is going on.
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« Reply #34 on: May 22, 2007, 04:04:21 am »

Hi Bianca, Desiree

Thanks for the info on Cayce Bianca,that was 'just for me'  Smiley

Yesterday I wrote to Greg Little about the latest happenings in ARE's exploration. I will not post his response since he has decided not to post about the discoveries on forums atleast until the official release. But some of the finds among others are - an enigmatic stone wall in shallow water 7 miles off Andros I.  - A Bimini road like structure that seems even more likely man-made 2 miles from the Bimini Road - A massive jumble of long columns and blocks 7 miles from Bimini - various wrecks of planes and ships in the Bermuda Triangle.

They will be heading back out in 3 weeks to investigate these discoveries further.

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« Reply #35 on: May 22, 2007, 05:54:28 am »



www.are.com

www.edgarcayce.com



Click on "Ancient Mysteries" on the left column.

Then look for Greg Little's column.


Three underwater expeditions have been out since February '07.

That includes the Littles.
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« Reply #36 on: May 22, 2007, 06:13:17 am »




Desi and Mark,

Do you remember a couple of months ago we were having a conversation
[on the "Russians' Findings"] and I said that I had been having strong feel-
ings, for a couple of weeks, that Atlantis had been found?

The diving expeditions were going on at that time.  Who knows?

Sounds pretty good, what they found, anyway......

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« Reply #37 on: May 22, 2007, 06:41:33 am »


From: NASA







West Bank of Andros Island and Tongue of the Ocean.





The dark blue area, aptly named "Tongue of the Ocean", is characterized by water depths as great as 3000 meters (almost 2 miles).

The Atlantic Ocean just east of Eleuthera Island is nearly nearly 5000 meters deep. By comparison, the waters of the Bahama Platform are less than 15 meters deep. They are warm and become extremely salty due to evaporation and limited circulation from the open ocean.

Crystals of aragonite, a calcium carbonate mineral derived from the shells of single celled marine organisms, and direct precipitation, form into oolites (small spherical grains of limestone) as the tidal currents swirl back and forth. Lithification of the carbonate sands produces an oolite limestone.

Although the water is warm and clear, corals do not live in the shallows, probably because of the salt content. Though chemically very similar, the rocks resulting from this process have a quite different origin from those formed from coral reefs.
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« Reply #38 on: May 22, 2007, 06:46:35 am »


Tongue of the Ocean, Bahamas
 
 
       

 

From: NASA


Tongue of the Ocean, Bahamas Winter/Spring 1997.

The shallow Bahama shelf and the southern portion of the deep Tongue of the Ocean (darker water, upper right) can be seen in this northwest-looking view. The Tongue of the Ocean is one of two main branches that form the Great Bahama Canyon.

The vertical rock walls of this submarine canyon rise 14060 feet (4285 meters) from the canyon floor to the surrounding seabed.

The Grand Bahama Canyon has been traced for more than 140 miles (225 km) in length. The canyon has a width of 23 miles (37 km) at its deepest point and an average floor slope of about 300 feet per mile (60 meters per km).

During the last Ice Age, nearly 12000 years ago, much of the Bahama Shelf was above sea level. Rainfall during that period formed erosional type gullies or small canyons as rainwater flowed off the shelf into the Tongue of the Ocean.

As the climate warmed and the ice melted, sea levels rose to present levels covering the eroded gullies seen on this image.
 
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« Reply #39 on: May 22, 2007, 06:59:15 am »


Middle Bight inland blue hole: Andros Island, Bahamas
 






The Bahamas archipelago consists of a chain of islands and shallow water "banks" stretching from northeast to southwest and extending some 1400 km from Florida to the island of Hispaniola. Most islands are situated along the eastern edge of large, shallow water platforms, separated from one another by deep ocean channels. The two largest platforms are the Great Bahama Bank, which contains the islands of Andros, Exuma, New Providence, Eleuthera, Long and Cat, and the Little Bahama Bank with Grand Bahama and Abaco.


The Bahama Platform is composed of limestones of shallow water marine origin extending to depths of as much as 8000 meters. The tops of the banks are composed of shallow marine, coral and eolian (wind-blown) limestones, together with carbonate sands. The banks subside at a rate of 1 cm per 250 years, but this is replaced by new carbonate deposits maintaining surface stability in the area.
http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/permanent/ocean/01_dioramas/index.php
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« Reply #40 on: October 24, 2007, 05:17:25 pm »


North Bight Double Hole: Andros Island, Bahamas






 
The entire region was considerably affected by sea level changes during periods of Pleistocene Ice Ages, encouraging karst and cave development. Numerous caves and sinkholes in the Bahamas occasionally reach depths of 100 m, representing the lowest sea level from Pleistocene times. Such now submerged caves frequently contain stalactites and stalagmites, which only can form in air, thus confirming the long periods of lowered sea level these caves must have endured. Today, the groundwater on many island consists of a freshwater lens floating on underlying sea water.


Water-filled caves and cavities in the Bahamas are known as "Blue Holes" due to their predominant coloration. Such caves may occur in the interior of islands (inland blue holes) or in shallow waters on the banks (marine or ocean blue holes). Three types of blue holes have been distinguished: (1) Cenotes are vertical shafts, frequently 50 to 150 m in diameter, that tend to bell out at depth and extend to 50 to 100 m depths. (2) Lens-based caves are laterally extensive systems formed at the contact zone between fresh and marine groundwaters. Lucayan Caverns, a lens-based cave on Grand Bahama, is the longest cave in the Bahamas at 14 km. (3) Fracture-guided caves are vertical, linear systems developed on major fractures running parallel to the steep edge of the carbonate bank. These fractures are believed to have formed as a result of slumping along the bank margin during periods of lower sea level. Such caves have passages 2 to 20 m wide, frequently reaching depths of 100 m or more.


Sixty-nine troglobitic species have been identified from Bahamian caves including 63 crustaceans, 3 sponges, 1 annelid, 1 chaetognath and 1 fish. Many belong to the same genera as cave species from Cuba and Yucatan. In order of abundance, the fauna includes 13 species of copepods, 13 ostracods, 7 remipedes, 7 cumaceans, 6 amphipods, 5 shrimps and 5 isopods.


http://www.tamug.edu/cavebiology/Bahamas/BahamaIntro.html
http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/permanent/ocean/01_dioramas/index.php
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« Reply #41 on: October 24, 2007, 05:43:35 pm »


ANDROS REEF






A chunk of weathered limestone emerges above the waterline at low tide, providing a hint of the reef below. Snails and leathery, oval-shaped chitons (Acanthopleura granulata) scrape algae off the rock with filelike teeth, slowly deepening depressions worn by water and sand, while a yellow-crowned night-heron (Nyctanassa violacea) feeds on crabs.

On a nearby island, enough sand has collected for salt-tolerant plants to take root, causing more sand to build up. Drifting coconuts have populated the island with palms, and greater flamingos (Phoenicopterus ruber) fly in to feed in the shallow lagoon. In addition to distributing seeds, ocean currents also spread the larvae of many animals, including corals, helping to build and populate new reefs.





Controlling the Climate



Ocean currents transport heat from tropical areas around the globe. These immense currents moderate the temperature of colder regions and shape the global climate.


Warm water from the sun-drenched Caribbean is swept northeast by the Gulf Stream, bringing warmth to the Atlantic coast of North America and then on to Europe. This warm current is one reason European cities such as Lisbon, Portugal, are warmer than U.S. cities at similar latitudes, including New York. Stray tropical fishes swept north by these currents can sometimes be found off Long Island, New York, in the autumn, though these waifs will not survive the winter cold.

One major concern raised by global warming is that water flowing south from melting arctic ice could slow or stop the immense currents known as the "ocean conveyor belt" that bring heat to Europe and North America. The loss of this heat from the tropics could potentially plunge these regions into another ice age.





 
The Gulf Stream






This satellite image shows warm water (red) being swept northeast by the Gulf Stream. Swirling eddies that split off from the Gulf Stream carry warm water as far north as Newfoundland, Canada. © NASA/Photri




 
Guarding the Shore



Coral reefs protect and shelter coastal habitats from powerful waves that sweep in from the ocean. Waves contain tremendous energy and can do immense damage to an unprotected coastline.

In this scene, the water at far left appears dark blue, indicating that it is much deeper than the shallow lagoon at right. Choppy white wave crests reveal where underwater reefs absorb the energy of big ocean swells. Wave breaks like these create calm, protected lagoons between coral reefs and the shore.

By slowing waves that surge in from the open sea, coral reefs protect the shallow habitats behind them, such as mangroves and seagrass beds, where abundant animals—including many vulnerable juveniles—find food and shelter. Coral reefs also protect human communities in coastal areas from devastating storms.






CONSERVATION: Rain from the Sea



In the background of this diorama, rain clouds release their moisture over Andros Island, the largest landmass in The Bahamas. These clouds carry freshwater that evaporated over the oceans; the salt contained in seawater is left behind during evaporation. When ocean winds carrying this evaporated moisture reach a continent or other large landmass, the humid air is often directed upward by mountain ranges, or by warm air rising from sun-baked land. The humid air cools as it rises, causing water vapor to condense into droplets and form rain clouds.

Most of the freshwater on Earth is the result of evaporation from the sea and precipitation over land. The oceans are the main reservoir of water on Earth. About 97 percent of all water on Earth is salty seawater, and most of the remaining water is locked in the polar ice caps. Yet people are consuming the world's freshwater faster than it is being replaced, creating an environmental crisis in many parts of the world.





The Gulf Stream
This satellite image shows warm water (red) being swept northeast by the Gulf Stream. Swirling eddies that split off from the Gulf Stream carry warm water as far north as Newfoundland, Canada. © NASA/Photri


http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/permanent/ocean/01_dioramas/index.php
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« Reply #42 on: October 24, 2007, 06:33:59 pm »


ANDROS CORAL REEF






In the shallow waters off the coast of Andros Island in the Caribbean, corals of all shapes and sizes form the Andros Reef, one of the largest barrier reefs in the world. Like other coral reefs, Andros was created by massive colonies of coral polyps, which are small, soft-bodied animals. These creatures have hard skeletons that form much of the structure of a coral reef.

A variety of coral species make up the Andros Reef, including antler-shaped elkhorn coral, round brain corals and wispy sea fans. Within an individual species, there can be considerable diversity in shape and color, making the reef a maze of colorful caves and crevices. These openings in the reef are home to numerous species of fishes as well as other organisms.





 
This diorama depicts the Andros Reef as it was in the 1930s. Today, however, Andros and most other reefs around the world are threatened or endangered; many reefs are already dead or severely damaged.

Although numerous fishes and other aquatic species still seek shelter in the Andros Reef, many of the corals themselves are no longer alive—only their limestone skeletons remain. Many forces contribute to the destruction of coral reefs around the globe. Pollutants in runoff from nearby land can weaken or kill coral reefs. Overharvesting of fish that graze on patches of algae occurring naturally on reefs allows the algae to grow unchecked, blanketing the coral underneath.


 
Rising water temperatures, caused in part by global warming, pose another serious threat to reefs. The small coral polyps, the animals that build reefs, obtain much of their food from tiny dinoflagellate algae living inside their tissues. These symbiotic algae also give the reefs much of their color. A small increase in water temperature disrupts the algae, causing them to leave the coral tissues. Without these beneficial algae, corals sometimes turn ghostly white and die, a phenomenon known as "coral bleaching."
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The Andros Reef lies just off the east coast of Andros Island, the largest island in The Bahamas. Coral reefs, which thrive in warm tropical waters, can be found throughout the Caribbean, as well as in tropical and subtropical waters around the world.








The once thriving Andros Reef is now threatened. In the past, antler-shaped elkhorn coral dominated the reef, with multiple colonies extending continuously for long stretches. Throughout the Caribbean today, this species exists primarily in isolated colonies-and scientists estimate that in certain places, up to 95 percent of elkhorn coral has died. © G. Carleton Ray / Photo Researchers


http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/permanent/ocean/01_dioramas/index.php
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« Reply #44 on: October 24, 2007, 06:49:26 pm »

Hi Binaca,

I loved the painting of Andros Reef!  I wish I had it in my living room.  It's so peaceful!

It is even more dramatic in its original location, framed in an archway.

http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/permanent/ocean/01_dioramas/

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