Scoping Out the Gulf of Mexico’s Secret Submerged Forest | Hakai Magazine
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A stand of bald cypress trees lies buried in the Gulf of Mexico off the Alabama coast.
A stand of bald cypress trees lies buried in the Gulf of Mexico off the Alabama coast.
Buried under a layer of mud several miles off the Alabama coast lies an ancient cypress forest frozen in time.
Buried under a layer of mud several miles off the Alabama coast lies an ancient cypress forest frozen in time.
The stumps are 60 feet down, and so well preserved that samples brought to the surface still smell like bald cypress, according…