Fishy Origins of Underwater 'Crop Circles' Revealed

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Fishy Origins of Underwater 'Crop Circles' Revealed

Of all of Earth's ecosystems, those that lie in the oceans' depths are easily among the most otherworldly, ripe with species that might seem more fit for life on an imagined distant planet than on our own. It's no wonder then that when mysterious underwater 'crop circles' were discovered on the sea floor, their origins turned out not to be extraterrestrial -- but rather something decidedly fishier. Earlier this year, while diving in the waters of the southern tip of Japan, photographer Yoji Ookata encountered a variety of oddly uniform, artistically circular patterns in the sand deep beneath the waves, some spanning 6-feet in diameter. Although the intricate creations, like those famed crop circle discoveries found on land, seemed to hint at an alien designer, Ookata suspected otherwise. So he contacted his local news outlet NHK , to help him uncover the truth behind these...

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