Off the coast of Alabama.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/07/us/ancient-underwater-forest-alabama-scn-trnd/index.html
"It was a really nice day. Pretty calm on the surface and we were expecting it be equally nice on the bottom," Helmuth told CNN. "But we got to the bottom and it was like diving in chocolate milk. We literally could not see our hands in front of our faces."
The conditions were less than ideal and the fact that previous dive teams saw a lot of sharks in the area made the expedition somewhat risky, but when the scientists finally reached the forest, they were in awe.
"It was really amazing. We dove around the edge of this ancient river bed. On our left were these remains of giant stumps and pristine wood coming out of the bank embankment," Helmuth recalled. "Even though the visibility wasn't great, you could pretty easily imagine it being the edge of a cypress forest and it was almost an eerie feeling of stepping back in time."
https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/07/us/ancient-underwater-forest-alabama-scn-trnd/index.html
"It was a really nice day. Pretty calm on the surface and we were expecting it be equally nice on the bottom," Helmuth told CNN. "But we got to the bottom and it was like diving in chocolate milk. We literally could not see our hands in front of our faces."
The conditions were less than ideal and the fact that previous dive teams saw a lot of sharks in the area made the expedition somewhat risky, but when the scientists finally reached the forest, they were in awe.
"It was really amazing. We dove around the edge of this ancient river bed. On our left were these remains of giant stumps and pristine wood coming out of the bank embankment," Helmuth recalled. "Even though the visibility wasn't great, you could pretty easily imagine it being the edge of a cypress forest and it was almost an eerie feeling of stepping back in time."
