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crunchgear.com - 2/21/2009

Lost city of Atlantis found on Google Earth?

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UK tabloid The Sun has an article claiming that someone found Atlantis using Google Earth. As someone who’s personally interested in ancient mysteries, paranormal phenomena, and cryptozoology, I’m really happy that a tabloid has this story because it totally gives credence to the idea that ...

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news.cnet.com - 2/20/2009

OMG! Did Google Earth find Atlantis?

— news.cnet.com — Google is officially denying widespread Internet rumors that its Google Earth software located the mythical sunken city... of Atlantis off the coast of Africa. Either that, or Google is totally trying to hide something . Since I always appreciate a ... (more) OMG! Did Google Earth find Atlantis?

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webuser.co.uk - 2/20/2009

'Atlantis' spotted on Google Earth

— webuser.co.uk — A British man thinks he may have found the lost civilisation of Atlantis using Google Earth, it... has been reported. (more) 'Atlantis' spotted on Google Earth

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I Knew This! Atlantis Found On Google Earth
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Google Ocean didn’t find Atlantis, sorry
CrunchGear — So it turns out that Google Earth didn’t discover the ruins of Atlantis. Sorry to get your hopes up, but the original UK tabloid that first broke the story is now reporting that the lines that were originally thought to be ancient roads are really artifacts of the mapping process. That’s it or at least so they say. Google uses sonar measurements taken from boats and apparently those straight lines are simply the boats traveling in a straight lines. Who are we to disagree with Google even though it seems awful strange that these are the ...

Google Earth didn’t find Atlantis, sorry
CrunchGear — So it turns out that Google Earth didn’t discover the ruins of Atlantis. Sorry to get your hopes up, but the original UK tabloid that first broke the story is now reporting that the lines that were originally thought to be ancient roads are really artifacts of the mapping process. That’s it or at least so they say. Google uses sonar measurements taken from boats and apparently those straight lines are simply the boats traveling in a straight lines. Who are we to disagree with Google even though it seems awful strange that these are the ...

Note: Today is free flashlight Monday
CrunchGear — ... Yeah. It’s a flashlight for your car. Here’s all you have to do: add a comment to this post telling me what you will illuminate using your new Spotlight Flashlight. Feel free to include video or images - Atlantis’ strangely eerie streets, anyone? - and I’ll pick two winners at random. Go to it! ...