Ancient Underwater Forest in the Gulf of Mexico

Sixty feet beneath the water off the coast of Alabama is a forest of cypress trees that is more than 50,000 years old.

Sixty feet beneath the water off the Gulf coast of Alabama lies a forest of cypress stumps more than 50,000 years old. Ben Raines tells host Steve Curwood what it’s like to scuba dive among the remains of ancient trees.

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