In the heart of Antarctica a mountain rises Which has turned on the imagination of many, becoming the fulcrum of one of the most bizarre conspiracy theories in recent years. Its shape, so similar to that of an Egyptian pyramid, made it shout to the mysteryto the intervention of lost civilizations or even extraterrestrial visitors. But realityas often happens, it is much more fascinating than fiction.
The “pyramid” of Antarcticaas was renamed on the web, is not a monument built by human hands (or alien), but but The result of a slow and inexorable natural process: erosion. This mountain, still without an official name, is found in Ellsworth Mountainsa mountain range discovered in 1935 by the American aviator Lincoln Ellsworth. About 1,265 meters highits four -sided pyramidal shape has captured the attention of the world In 2016, when the satellite images started circulating on the net.
But what did its particular form give this mountain? The answer, according to scientists, is to be found in the cycle of frost and beam. During the day, the water and the snow infiltrate the cracks of the rock. At night, with the drop in temperatures, the water freezes, expanding and spreading the cracks. This process, repeated for millions of years, slowly sculpted the sides of the mountain, creating the four almost perfect faces we see today.
A similar phenomenon gave rise to other pyramidal mountains in different parts of the world, Like Monte Cervino. Therefore, no aliens or lost civilizations, but the simple, yet extraordinary, force of nature.
Still, the theories of the conspiracy have not been expected. There are those who spoke of ancient civilizations that would have built the pyramid as a secret basesome of a signal left by extraterrestrial visitors, some of a dimensional portal. Suggestive hypothesis, but without any scientific foundation.
As he explained Eric RignotProfessor of Terrestrial System Sciences at the University of California and researcher at NASA, “Pyramidal forms are not impossible” in nature. Many mountains have faces similar to those of a pyramid, but rarely have four so well defined. This makes the mountain antarctic a particular case, but not an inexplicable anomaly.
The “pyramid” of Antarctica, therefore, is not a mystery to be resolved, but a natural monument to be admired. An example of how nature, with its times and its processes, can create surprising forms, capable of stimulating our imagination and, sometimes, of making us dream distant worlds. But, at least in this case, reality is more fascinating than any conspiracy theory.
