What Can These Hexagonal Shapes Tell Us About the Bermuda Triangle?

[Little Star]

The mystery behind the Bermuda Triangle may have finally been solved!

Strange clouds forming above the Bermuda Triangle could explain why dozens of ships and planes have mysteriously vanished in the notorious patch of sea.

The remarkable new theory suggests the clouds are linked to 170-mph “air bombs” — capable of bringing down planes and ships.

Now the riddle could finally be solved after meteorologists speaking to the Science Channel’s “What on Earth?” revealed their findings.

Using radar satellite imagery, they discovered bizarre “hexagonal”-shaped clouds between 20 and 50 miles wide forming over the dodgy patch of water.

Meteorologist Dr. Randy Cerveny said: “The satellite imagery is really bizarre … the hexagonal shapes of the cloud formations.

“These types of hexagonal shapes in the ocean are in essence air bombs. They’re formed by what is called microbursts and they’re blasts of air.”

The blasts of air are so powerful, they can reach 170 mph — a hurricane-like force easily capable of sinking ships and downing planes.

For centuries, the notorious Bermuda Triangle — located between Miami, Puerto Rico and the island of Bermuda — has been linked with a high number of unexplained disappearances of aircraft and ships in its waters.

The reasons behind the losses have baffled researchers for decades.

http://nypost.com/2016/10/21/the-mystery-of-the-bermuda-triangle-may-finally-be-solved/

[AmericanActivist]

1. That is amazing! The Bermuda Triangle mystery and new technology. WOW. nm

[AlbertCat]

2. This is all very interesting

But have there really been a lot of "mysterious disappearances" since the invention of radar?

[Dr Hobbitstein]

5. Nope.

Aside from the SS El Faro in 2015 (which sank off the coast of the Bahamas and was found a month later), there hasn't been a disappearance since the 1960s.

Modern radar and navigation systems, FTW!

ETA, the number of disappearances in the "triangle" isn't even significant, considering the size of the area is encompasses.

[Binkie The Clown]

3. I'm not saying it was aliens...

No, really. I'm not saying it was aliens.

[Jim__]

4. A conflicting opinion from USAToday.

From USAToday:

No, these clouds don't solve the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle. But they are cool.

Satellite weather images showing honeycomb cloud patterns, like those above the Bermuda Triangle, are strange to see, but not uncommon. These open and closed cells occur when cold, dry air mixes over warm water.

The patterns are usually spotted over the mid-North Atlantic and the North Pacific during late fall to early spring. A Science Channel report linking the weather phenomenon to the Bermuda Triangle speculates the cloud patterns, which can create updrafts and downdrafts, could be responsible for unusual activity there.

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"It is a common phenomenon occurring globally — most generally found at mid- to high latitude locations over the oceans, and usually during the cold season," the scientist at the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere of Colorado State University said.

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