Chapter 162: Idler Fossil
Nothing.
In the next few days, the Star Sea cruised within a 200-kilometer radius where Mania's family was shipwrecked.
In addition to the Bath Islands, there are four other small islands and reefs that are not shown on satellite maps, and several uninhabited atolls and islands in the southern part of the Tuamotu Islands, which are still ...... Nothing.
On the bow deck, Mo Fan lit a cigar and looked out to sea.
Without material supplies, how long can a person last while immersed in seawater, and how far can they float?
It's hard to draw conclusions about this. Mania and his father survived because of the flotation. According to Mania's recollection, his eldest brother Maloya did not seem to have a lifebuoy...... But it cannot be said that the range of 200 kilometers is the limit. And according to the wind direction recorded in the shipwreck, if Maloya could catch any floating objects, he could have drifted to the Pitcairn Islands. However, the chances of a shipwreck are 700 kilometres from the Pitcairn Islands......
“boss。 Mania came with a nautical map.
Mo Fan turned his head and spit out smoke: "Huh?"
Expected to arrive in Adamstown in three hours, Captain James asked if you would dock the yacht in Bunty Bay for an overnight night's rest. ”
"No, I don't. Mo Fan frowned: "Wait, let's stop." ”
"Then I'll tell Captain James. ”
"Hmm. ”
Adamstown, the capital of Pitcairn, is a small archipelago in the south-central Pacific Ocean. The Pitcairn Islands are British overseas territories, with a main island area of about 5 square kilometres and probably less than 150 people living in the entire archipelago.
In the past few days, Mo Fan has basically been on the yacht, sorted out the items on the sailing ship salvaged from the bottom of the sea, and found some British things, such as the gold coins of Queen Victoria's head...... Several very interesting objects were also found on the shipwreck, several fossils.
Mo Fan threw away his cigar and went into the lab, where Professor Matt was sorting out the results of these days.
Taking pictures and collecting all kinds of samples, Mo Fan really didn't know what the value of research and discussion was, but these experts and professors were very happy to do it.
In the evening, the yacht anchored in the bay of the island, and Mo Fan and Professor Zhao landed on the island on a small yacht and ordered food at the most 'luxurious' small hotel on the island.
"If you don't come out and walk, you don't know how big the world is. After dinner, Professor Zhao took Mo Fan for a walk.
Mo Fan was perfunctory, holding the phone and sending a > to Zhao Jiyang "Boss, professor, there's a gun shop in front, go over and play?"
"Gun shop?" Mo Fan looked up and saw a gun store written in English, and there was more than one, there were two gun stores in a row.
"This is a great feature of the Pitcairn Islands, the legalization of firearms. It seems that this is the only island in the Pitcairn Islands that is inhabited, and there should be three gun shops on the island......" Mania made a strange expression and whispered: "The southern community of the Tuamotu Islands was once rampant with guns because of this. ”
In the evening, there were few people to be seen on the main road of the settlement. A few hundred meters ahead, there was a faint sound of gunfire......
"It was gunfire from the practice range. ”
"You're familiar with this?"
"Used to come often. ”
Mo Fan shrugged, the charm of the firearm was not ordinary. An isolated island that hangs off the coast, with no airport, is about 500 kilometers away from the nearest population gathering point.
Professor Zhao is also a person who has seen the world, and when he heard the gunshot, he did not seem uncomfortable like ordinary people, but was full of interest: "Let's go, shoot the gun." ”
There are very few guns sold in the gun specialty store, there are outdoor shooting ranges and indoor shooting ranges, when I went in, I saw a few English-speaking Maori, tall and big, they were tourists choosing guns, and when they saw Mo Fan, they came in and smiled and nodded in a friendly way.
Mo Fan and the others smiled back......
Without excessive enthusiasm and sociability, a pistol bullet with two magazines was fired at the indoor range, and a group of people returned to the yacht.
In the shipwreck, there is little chance that Maroa floated to Adamstown, a small island inhabited by a small population. And Mania said he came often, often...... I guess there are three or five times a year. Maloya should be no stranger to this place......
Back in the owner's cabin bedroom, Mo Fan continued to study the sea and land, a small island and a small island, and then compared with the satellite map, he did not find a small island similar to the one in the story.
The next few days will be spent on Henderson Island and Didey Island, then Easter Island and back along a parallel course......
"Easter Island?"
"Professor Zhao wants to see the statues on the island, and Matt and the other professors are also interested in Easter Island. ”
Mo Fan shook his head speechlessly.
The Black Rock Island in Maloya has no clue for the time being. In the vast sea, do you want to take Xiaomo to search little by little along the shipwreck of the year, but in that case, the meaning of finding 'it' is completely lost.
"Woohoo...... Master, master!" In the space, Xiaobai suddenly howled excitedly.
Mo Fan's heart moved, and he hurriedly entered the space.
Xiaobai floated over with a one-meter-diameter black stone, a fossil with clear idler marks. What Mo Fan cleaned up the wreck a few days ago should be a shellfish fossil sedimentary fossil, at least judging it before.
"This is not a fossil...... At least not ordinary fossils. Xiaobai said with some excitement: "A few pieces over there are too." No, no, no, one is a fossilized common animal bone, but there are two more, and they have the same origin as this one. ”
A few days ago, Mo Fan sorted out the shipwreck items, Xiaobai was not interested and came over to take a look, just now it was busy finishing, and then looked at the fossils on the ground and suddenly made a surprise discovery.
"You say...... Is it an idler?"
A carbonaceous black rock about a meter in diameter, with an idler outline in the middle, resembling rusty iron ore...... Traces of the idler profile are clearly visible.
The idler wheel is a gear that plays a transmission role between two transmission gears that do not touch each other, and it can be used in automobiles and many machinery, Mo Fan used to deal with machines and was very familiar with this thing.
"I don't know what it's called, but it's a cog. Xiaobai said excitedly: "Guess how many years ago it was?"
Mo Fan's cheeks twitched slightly, shouldn't he meet an ancient civilization or alien relics?
Mo Fan compared a 'one' and said, "100 million years?"
"100 million years?" Xiaobai rolled his eyes and shook his head: "Guess again." To give you a hint about the formation of carbon. ”
Mo Fan has read on the Internet that coal is a solid combustible mineral that is gradually formed by ancient plants buried in the ground and undergoing complex biochemical and physicochemical changes, some say millions of years, some say hundreds of millions of years.
"I'm annoyed, I'm not interested in discussing science with you. Mo Fan was speechless and knocked Xiaobai's head.
"About 35 million years. ”
Mo Fan is also a person who has seen the world, so he was not too surprised, and reached out and pressed lightly on the fossil idler wheel...... 2k reading web