From Norway’s Aftenposten: A mysterious gelatinous ball has puzzled and fascinated researchers after undersea photographer Rudolf Svensen spotted it while diving at the mouth of the Matre fjord in Hordaland, western Norway.
On October 1 Rudolf and his brother Erling were diving when he spotted the unusual object.
“It was 50-70 centimeters (19.5-27.5 inches) in diameter and looked like a huge beach ball. It was transparent but had a kind of thick, red cord in the middle. It was a bit science-fiction,” Svensen told newspaper Bergens Tidende‘s web site.
The Svensens contacted associate professor Torleiv Brattegard at the University of Bergen, and other experts were notified to try and solve the mystery.
Brattegard was convinced the object was organic, and possibly a species unknown to Norway.
Continued at “Undersea Mystery: What in the world is It?(Image)”
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