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From: wen-king@cit-vlsi.Caltech.Edu (Wen-King Su)
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Subject: Re: The Loch Ness Monster
Keywords: Nessie Loch Ness passages
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Date: 1 Aug 88 22:11:10 GMT
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In article <34997@aero.ARPA> zeus@zapodid.UUCP (Dave Suess) writes:
>In article <2160@alliant.Alliant.COM> miani@alliant.UUCP (Thomas Miani) writes:
<>	What makes you think that the species may be trapped, The lake
>>	ole nessy lives in is 700 feet deep. Within the cavern there may
<>	be many many passages to where ever, and nessy may go who knows
>>	where. Nessy or a animal/whatever has been spotted in not just
<>	ireland, but in the mid east, and off the usa shores also.
>
<		I suggest you check Loch Ness's altitude sometime
>		soon.  At 52 feet above sea level (according to the
<		Encyclopaedia Britannica), no matter how deep the
>		Loch is (and it gets deeper than 700 feet, even),
<		the likelihood of a hole leading to the sea somewhere
>		is about the same as the existence of Nessy.
<		Not to mention the absence of salty Lochwater!
>		Dave Suess		zeus@aerospace.aero.org, aero!zeus

While I do not believe in the existence of the monster, a underwater
passage to the sea cannot be ruled out because sea water is heavier
than fresh water.  Since I have no idea what the density of the sea
water is, lets assume that sea water is twice as heavy as fresh water
(to make math simple).  If one unit volume of sea water is twice as
heavy as one unit volume of fresh water, then the loch can be 52
feet above sea level if there is a hole 52 feets below the sea level.
At that spot, the pressure in sea and the loch is the same.  The lake
water will remain fresh if there is a steady outflow of water through
the passage.

As for the existence of the moster, there is a easy way to find out -
drain the loch and have a look. :-)

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