@soyagi@yiffit.net to World News@lemmy.ml • 1 year agoAustralia baffled as unidentified mystery object washes up on beachwww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1121arrow-down17cross-posted to: world@lemmy.world
arrow-up1114arrow-down1external-linkAustralia baffled as unidentified mystery object washes up on beachwww.bbc.com@soyagi@yiffit.net to World News@lemmy.ml • 1 year agomessage-square30fedilinkcross-posted to: world@lemmy.world
minus-squareAFK BRB Chocolatelinkfedilink1•1 year agoIf it’s an empty or near-empty fuel tank, it’s going to float, whether the inside is a vacuum or pressure is equalized with a gas.
minus-square@DogMuffins@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilink2•1 year agothe “object” in the picture is not sealed, or doesn’t appear to be.
minus-squareAFK BRB Chocolatelinkfedilink1•1 year agoHard to say what’s inside what we can see, but if nothing else the upper visible part must have been intact and enough air still in it to keep it buoyant.
If it’s an empty or near-empty fuel tank, it’s going to float, whether the inside is a vacuum or pressure is equalized with a gas.
the “object” in the picture is not sealed, or doesn’t appear to be.
Hard to say what’s inside what we can see, but if nothing else the upper visible part must have been intact and enough air still in it to keep it buoyant.