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Atlantis and Plato Seamounts 33 28'N, 29 39'W
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Plato's TIMAEUS :
Atlantis against Athens
;Many great and wonderful deeds are
recorded of your state in our histories. But one of them exceeds all
the rest in greatness and valour. For these histories tell of a mighty
power which unprovoked made an expedition against the whole of Europe
and Asia, and to which your city put an end. This power came forth out
of the Atlantic Ocean, for in those days the Atlantic was navigable;
and there was an island situated in front of the straits which are by
you called the Pillars of Heracles; the island was larger than Libya
and Asia put together, and was the way to other islands, and from
these you might pass to the whole of the opposite continent which
surrounded the true ocean; for this sea which is within the Straits of
Heracles is only a harbour, having a narrow entrance, but that other
is a real sea, and the surrounding land may be most truly called a
boundless continent. Now in this island of Atlantis there was a great
and wonderful empire which had rule over the whole island and several
others, and over parts of the continent, and, furthermore, the men of
Atlantis had subjected the parts of Libya within the columns of
Heracles as far as Egypt, and of Europe as far as Tyrrhenia. This vast
power, gathered into one, endeavoured to subdue at a blow our country
and yours and the whole of the region within the straits; and then,
Solon, your country shone forth, in the excellence of her virtue and
strength, among all mankind. She was pre-eminent in courage and
military skill, and was the leader of the Hellenes. And when the rest
fell off from her, being compelled to stand alone, after having
undergone the very extremity of danger, she defeated and triumphed
over the invaders, and preserved from slavery those who were not yet
subjugated, and generously liberated all the rest of us who dwell
within the pillars. But afterwards there occurred violent earthquakes
and floods; and in a single day and night of misfortune all your
warlike men in a body sank into the earth, and the island of Atlantis
in like manner disappeared in the depths of the sea. For which reason
the sea in those parts is impassable and impenetrable, because there
is a shoal of mud in the way; and this was caused by the subsidence of
the island.
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So you have google earth and your looking at
a specific location, "Atlantis and Plato Seamounts
33 28'N, 29 39'W". Now if you look closely from above, there is a
long fracture down the center of the Atlantic, but what is interesting, now that your looking at this expanse of water, is having the question in mind, what would happen if lets say the bottom dropped just below
the azores and Pico, that waves would wash over a plain and leave indication, that such a drop is recorded in the terrain?
If the water was going in one direction, what would that terrain look like as the water swept over it?
What do dunes look like if the winds flow over them, the dunes would point in which direction?
It is interesting that as you get closer to the surface of the ocean, the water now indicates movement and motion.
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