Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Where were you Nessy!!??
Brett and I completed a trip to Loch Ness in the midlines of Scotland to complete some Nessy watching. We stayed at Loch Ness backpackers and went on a cruise on the Loch searching for Nessie- ok so I was searching, Brett the non believer was just taking in the amazing scenery. Basically the Loch's depth is shaped like a bath at the bottom and the edges have mountains rising either side. This means that even very close to the edge of the loch is extremely deep. The Loch is extremely murky as it contains a lot of Peet from the mountains. This makes the visibility in the lake extremely poor. Divers can't use lights underwater as the Peet particles reflect the light back making it near impossible to see anything underwater. It is much like using high beams on an extremely foggy night when the light is simply reflected back and you still can't see very far in front. There have been over a thousand recorded eye witness sitings of Nessie and our captain had a couple of photos that he had taken of her. In Scotland the locals call her the water horse, not Nessie, apparently this name was given by the media to the hype around the mysterious creature. The captain had said that many other people have seen the water horse but haven't come forward because the media are ruthless and harass the witnesses... So maybe I did see Nessie, maybe I didn't... He said that sonar isn't sophisticated enough yet to confirm or deny the water horses existence as it can only tell you if there is something down there, not how big it is, nor the shape of it- and everyone knows there are plenty of animals living below the surface.
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