The Atlantic Tunnel
A photo purporting to show the opening ceremony of a secret underwater highway connecting New York to London.
Impact Analysis
We want to believe the future is cool. Infrastructure hoaxes exploit that optimism. It looks like a sci-fi movie, so we share it before asking "how does that glass not shatter?"
Case Background
This photo claims to show the "Trans-Atlantic Highway," a secret tunnel from NYC to London. It features sleek cars in a glass tube on the ocean floor. It's physically impossible. The water pressure at that depth would crush glass like a soda can, and why are there no support struts? It's a "Jetsons" fantasy, not engineering.
Evidence Log
Glass Physics
The glass tunnel has no visible support struts or refraction. Under ocean pressure, glass of this scale would need to be meters thick and distort the view heavily.
Traffic Logic
All cars are identical "blob" shapes with no visible drivers, and they are driving in both directions in the same lane.
Marine Biology
A shark outside the tunnel has three dorsal fins and is swimming upside down.