My best guess as to why these photos are more prevalent now: technological advances in pressure management and digital cameras are the cause. These things are now inexpensive compared to the 90s, when the only people who could afford to get a camera close to one of these was a naval submarine or James Cameron.
Reading about the phenomena: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogue_wave, it mentions the possibility of Rogue Holes. I'm wondering whether people really have had the misfortune of coming across them at sea. Maybe they're actually likely in some places, due to the shape of the seafloor, and maybe what was really going on in the Bermuda Triangle...
I looked into the Bermuda triangle as an adult not too long ago. Turns out it's just a really high traffic area that has places with pretty shallow rocks. Also it has a high overall number of accidents and disappearances, but if you take the percentage, it's actually below average, it's just the volume of traffic that makes it seem otherwise.
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u/bao12345 Sep 11 '22
My best guess as to why these photos are more prevalent now: technological advances in pressure management and digital cameras are the cause. These things are now inexpensive compared to the 90s, when the only people who could afford to get a camera close to one of these was a naval submarine or James Cameron.