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A Shipwreck, 500 Years Old, Appears on the Baltic Seabed

68 points by curtis 7y ago

neonate 7y ago
http://archive.is/E9ToP http://archive.is/E9ToP
- mongol 7y ago
  This link is also good and ad free https://www.southampton.ac.uk/news/2019/07/unknown-ship.page https://www.southampton.ac.uk/news/2019/07/unknown-ship.page
- deleted 7y ago
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tobr 7y ago
> The name and origin of the lost Baltic ship have not yet been identified. [...] Dr. Pacheco-Ruiz and his team are deliberately keeping its exact location secret, to deter scavengers and treasure hunters. Is that really possible in this day and age? I feel like there has to be some corner of the internet where some internet sleuths have figured it out. EDIT: Skimming various Swedish articles, which mention “north of Gotland”, between Sweden and Estonia, and on international waters, so probably somewhere east of Gotska Sandön.
- dopamean 7y ago
  Perhaps the people able to figure it out arent the same as the ones who would pilfer what's there.
- Luc 7y ago
  Not that I'll be doing this, but... The blurred areas on the ROV video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3p8TH1tDvzk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3p8TH1tDvzk ) probably contain location data, among other things. Considering that we have a nice, nearly black background, and access to the font used, it should be a piece of cake to figure out the censored data. Just blur numbers 0-9 and determine which fit best with the video. See e.g. http://dheera.net/projects/blur http://dheera.net/projects/blur
  - SpaceRaccoon 7y ago
    Also, if the blur has a known or estimable kernel[0], you can apply deconvolution[1]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kernel_(image_processing) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kernel_(image_processing) [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deconvolution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deconvolution
- sorenjan 7y ago
  It was found when working on Nord Stream 2, the Russian pipeline. The ships working on it are visible on marinetraffic.com, and the location of the pipeline is known.
  - bequanna 7y ago
    I had no idea marinetraffic.com was a thing. Fascinating, thanks!
edgarvaldes 7y ago
Off-topic: Are there similar findings not in the sea, but inside the caves? I know that the sea is vast and has been navigated for thousands of years, and that it is even easier to search and find something in its depths. But what about the great caves? Will there be something to find inside them?
- SiempreViernes 7y ago
  Similar how? We’ve made many important finds of homids in caves, but it seems very unlikely we’ll ever find some technological artifact comparable to a boat in a cave.
- dmckeon 7y ago
  Pollens, bones, coproliths, footprints, and many “extremophile” micro-organisms which could advance our understanding of unfamiliar biological processes.

68 points by curtis 7y ago

neonate 7y ago

http://archive.is/E9ToP http://archive.is/E9ToP

mongol 7y ago
This link is also good and ad free https://www.southampton.ac.uk/news/2019/07/unknown-ship.page https://www.southampton.ac.uk/news/2019/07/unknown-ship.page
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tobr 7y ago

> The name and origin of the lost Baltic ship have not yet been identified. [...] Dr. Pacheco-Ruiz and his team are deliberately keeping its exact location secret, to deter scavengers and treasure hunters. Is that really possible in this day and age? I feel like there has to be some corner of the internet where some internet sleuths have figured it out. EDIT: Skimming various Swedish articles, which mention “north of Gotland”, between Sweden and Estonia, and on international waters, so probably somewhere east of Gotska Sandön.

dopamean 7y ago
Perhaps the people able to figure it out arent the same as the ones who would pilfer what's there.
Luc 7y ago
Not that I'll be doing this, but... The blurred areas on the ROV video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3p8TH1tDvzk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3p8TH1tDvzk ) probably contain location data, among other things. Considering that we have a nice, nearly black background, and access to the font used, it should be a piece of cake to figure out the censored data. Just blur numbers 0-9 and determine which fit best with the video. See e.g. http://dheera.net/projects/blur http://dheera.net/projects/blur
- SpaceRaccoon 7y ago
  Also, if the blur has a known or estimable kernel[0], you can apply deconvolution[1]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kernel_(image_processing) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kernel_(image_processing) [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deconvolution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deconvolution
sorenjan 7y ago
It was found when working on Nord Stream 2, the Russian pipeline. The ships working on it are visible on marinetraffic.com, and the location of the pipeline is known.
- bequanna 7y ago
  I had no idea marinetraffic.com was a thing. Fascinating, thanks!

edgarvaldes 7y ago

Off-topic: Are there similar findings not in the sea, but inside the caves? I know that the sea is vast and has been navigated for thousands of years, and that it is even easier to search and find something in its depths. But what about the great caves? Will there be something to find inside them?

SiempreViernes 7y ago
Similar how? We’ve made many important finds of homids in caves, but it seems very unlikely we’ll ever find some technological artifact comparable to a boat in a cave.
dmckeon 7y ago
Pollens, bones, coproliths, footprints, and many “extremophile” micro-organisms which could advance our understanding of unfamiliar biological processes.