Those weird lights in the middle of the
Atlantic Ocean — what are they?
Are they an unstoppable force of electric underwater creatures swimming, slowly
but steadily, toward the shore where they will flood our cities and force us
all to watch "Finding Nemo" from now until the end of time?
Fortunately, no (for now). The lights, which were spotted using Visible
Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite on the Suomi NPPsatellite, are actually a large
collection of fishermen.
NASA explains, "There are no human settlements there, nor
fires or gas wells. But there are an awful lot of fishing boats."
Yep, that's right, those lights that could easily be mistaken for a series of
heavily populated islands are actually powerful lights on boats.
What exactly are the fishermen looking for? And why are they out blasting their
high beams?
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