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What seems amazing is that it isn’t covered in more sand and sediment. It would take such a small thickness of covering to hide it from view forever.
by jl6 4y ago
What seems amazing is that it isn’t covered in more sand and sediment. It would take such a small thickness of covering to hide it from view forever.
- googlryas 4y agoIt could be U shaped and not just a flat panel. Also, I assume the ceramic tiles have a very low coefficient of friction, so if it was stuck at any kind of small angle, the sediment might easily get carried off.
- themerone 4y agoI got to hold a sample of one of the white tiles a long time ago. I don't know if it was identical to the flown versions, but it was anything but smooth. I remember being able to feel and see individual silica fibers. It was very much a 3d surface.
- jjeaff 4y agoI believe they are rather similar to the fire tiles you can get to line the inside of a blacksmith's furnace. They are quite light, but also very fragile.
- daveslash 4y agoI wonder if it could have gone through cycles of buried/uncovered? I don't know anything about the waters off Florida other than they experience periodic hurricane events.
- brk 4y agoVery likely. I am in the west coast of Florida, and storms can really shift things around quite a bit. Passages between some of the small islands can open or close after a decent storm. Sandbars come and go, etc. The waters tend to be a little deeper on the east coast, which would tend to lessen the effects of large shifts, but over a timespan of nearly 40 years it is very likely the piece had been covered over at some point.