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Title: Is the lost city of Atlantis on Google Maps? (Telegraph)
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer/London Torygraph
URL Source: http://blog.seattlepi.com/thebigblo ... ves/238865.asp?from=blog_last3
Published: Feb 10, 2011
Author: Nick Eaton
Post Date: 2011-02-10 21:53:50 by Original_Intent
Keywords: Archaeology, Atlantis, Ancient, Civilization
Views: 1040
Comments: 69
It's rectangular. It certainly looks man-made. It's off the coast of North Africa. It's deep underwater. And it's on Google Maps. Could it be the ancient lost city of Atlantis? That's what Bernie Bamford, a British aeronautical engineer, wondered after he spotted an unusual pattern of rectangles on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean, The Telegraph newspaper reports. About the size of Connecticut, the pattern looks an awful lot like an aerial grid map of a city. Check the site out on Google Maps. Here's an excerpt from The Telegraph report: According to his account, the city sank beneath the ocean after its residents made a failed effort to conquer Athens around 9000 B.C. Dr Charles Orser, curator of historical archaeology at New York State University told The Sun that the find was fascinating and warranted further inspection. You can read more about the intriguing find at The Telegraph's website. Check out the Atlantis Wikipedia page for more info on the mythical city. Poster Comment: Judging just by the Troll Index and the number of Troll comments on the posting (which is a contrary indicator) there may just be some there, there.
Atlantis experts said that the unexplained grid is located at one of the possible sites of the legendary island, which was described by the ancient Greek philosopher Plato.
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#7. To: Original_Intent, more crap from duff man, all (#0)
This is an old story. bits.blogs.nytimes.com/20...tery-mystery-of-atlantis/ ...According to Google, it’s time to shelve those tinfoil hats. In an interview, Steve Miller, product manager for Ocean in Google Earth, firmly debunked rumors that the crisscross markings were anything other than artificial data remnants left by sonar-equipped boats collecting data from the ocean floor. While sound waves are considered to be more effective than satellites for mapping strips of the ocean floor, they’re often more expensive and time-consuming to use. “The boats have to go slowly. Otherwise, they make a lot of noise and can wash out the readings,” said Mr. Miller. As a result, boats are used less frequently, leaving fewer gridlike sonar patterns visible on Google Earth’s map of the ocean. ...
Seems like a nice enough fella... artificial data remnants Sounds like one of those pseudo-scientific bullshit phrases trolls throw around. Like "persistent contrails" or "exterior column buckling" due to "fire weakened trusses" wudidiz is officially calling bullshit on the Google statement.
I doubt it's Atlantis, but it does look like roads.
You have to zoom out about 150 miles to even see this "city". And the "roads" are at least a mile wide. Use the "ruler" tool at the top to measure this. .
Oh. You again.
You knew I couldn't stay away. so they had really big cars Crystal powered and psychically steered, I'm sure. Perhaps Duff Man will enlighten us as to his theories on this. I can only hope. .
#22. To: PSUSA (#21)
Seems more plausible than the "artificial data remnants" explanation from "firm debunker" Steve Miller. Mile wide "artificial data remnants"? Yeah.... I'm not buying it.
Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/LatestPoster Comment: Judging just by the Troll Index and the number of Troll comments on the posting (which is a contrary indicator) there may just be some there, there.
#10. To: PSUSA, Original_Intent, GreyLmist, *ban buckeroo* (#7)
Steve Miller
#12. To: Original_Intent, GreyLmist, PSUSA, All (#10)
#18. To: wudidiz (#12)
I doubt it's Atlantis, but it does look like roads.
#20. To: PSUSA (#18)
the "roads" are at least a mile wide
so they had really big cars
#21. To: wudidiz (#20)
Oh. You again.
Replies to Comment # 21. Crystal powered and psychically steered, I'm sure
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