Cypress Forrest Found 9 Miles Offshore
The Underwater Forest, a new 28-minute documentary by Ben Raines, produced by This is Alabama, details the discovery and exploration of an ancient cypress forest found sixty feet underwater in the Gulf of Mexico, about 9-15 miles south of Gulf Shores, Alabama. Scientist's speculate that the forest dates to an ice age more than 60,000 years ago, when sea levels were about 400 feet lower than they are today.
This is Alabama's version of Arizona's Petrified Forrest; this one for Scuba divers only. The claim is that the field of cypress was uncovered by hurricane Ivan; it's debatable as to how stable the ruins will remain, now that it has been uncovered.
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