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Wreck of Australian Warship HMAS Sydney Found?

Posted by kdawson on from the frieght-and-salvage dept.

Mendy writes "Tim Ankers, a British archaeologist, claims to have found the wreck of the HMAS Sydney, lost with all hands in the Indian Ocean during World War II. He says that he's done this from the comfort of his home using software he wrote called Merlindown, which can analyze satellite photographs at different wavelengths to 'peer 75 meters into the earth and 16,000 meters beneath the seas.'"

3 of 193 comments (clear)

  1. Sweet! by pmdata · · Score: 5, Funny

    *Fires up Google Earth to search for treasure and naked women in the shower*

  2. Tim - need your services by whitehatlurker · · Score: 4, Funny

    Big deal - a ship is rather large. Can you find my keys?

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    .. paranoid crackpot leftover from the days of Amiga.
  3. Comfort of my own home by lowid+(24)+_________ · · Score: 5, Funny

    What if you have an uncomfortable home?

    Nobody ever considers this end of things.

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