Saturday, February 21, 2009

What Is This?

Go to Google maps.

Copy and paste this location into the search box:
31 15'15.53N 24 15'30.53W

Select "Satellite" Image ... upper right corner, and zoom in as close as you can. You should see something that looks like the photo to the right. (Click for larger.)

You are looking at the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of North Africa.

This article says that the rectangle you see, which is underwater, is about the size of Wales. Any ideas?
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Photo is a screenshot from Google Maps.
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6 comments:

  1. virginiaFebruary 22, 2009 at 7:33 PM

    appears to be "planned"...i wonder if any nation (in this economy) can afford to explore the possibility of man's hand in its design.

    hope it's not a photoshop hoax...

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  2. AnonymousFebruary 23, 2009 at 2:49 AM

    Oops... 13 hours later, the followup that bursts the bubble:
    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/technology/google/4735057/Google-Ocean-Atlantis-found-off-Africa-turns-out-to-be-boat-mapping-lines.html

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  3. BixFebruary 23, 2009 at 6:29 AM

    "sonar data collected as boats mapped the ocean floor."

    Okay, I'll believe that one.

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  4. AnonymousFebruary 24, 2009 at 1:58 PM

    I want it to be Atlantis, so I'm ignoring all evidence to the contrary. (sticks fingers in ears, chants 'la-la-la-la...')

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  5. BixFebruary 24, 2009 at 2:17 PM

    Then Atlantis it is :)

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  6. SeinbergFebruary 24, 2009 at 11:00 PM

    Looks like Mr. Langdon was correct! ;-)

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