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The Bloop recording: photograph

PhotographCC BY-SA 3.0Recorded summer 1997Copy of The Bloop recording
The Bloop recording: photograph
The Bloop recording: photograph

A broadband sound heard on hydrophones more than 5,000 km apart. NOAA matches its spectrogram to icequakes recorded in the Scotia Sea and places the source, by its arrival direction, between Bransfield Strait and the Ross Sea, possibly at Cape Adare.

Nojhan, 1997. CC BY-SA 3.0

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PhotographNojhan · commons.wikimedia.org · CC BY-SA 3.01 step from the original

Where it was made

1Bloop source region500 km1500 km
Bloop source region, between Bransfield Strait and the Ross Sea · Antarctic coast (approximate location)

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The Bloop recording: photograph [Copy CPY0D9C7TF86MP3]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/CPY0D9C7TF86MP3
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