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Lost City of Atlantis NOT Found by Google Ocean

by Dan Reilly on February 21, 2009 at 01:01 PM


Well, that was fast. Over the last few hours, reports from around the world indicated that a bizarre grid seen in Google Ocean might have been the legendary city of Atlantis. As it turns out, it was much ado about nothing; the lines were actually created by a ship used by Google to make the maps.

The speculation about the "discovery" was fueled by the fact that researchers have named the same area, nearly 300 miles off the African coast, as a possible location for the sunken city. The Englishman who first noticed the lines said that "it must be man-made" and experts agreed that it had to be explored. But before any ships could set sail, a Google spokesman squashed the rumor. The reality is that the lines were the path of a ship using sonar "to take measurements of the sea-floor" for the service's underwater views.

Naturally, the spokesman pointed out that Google Earth has aided in the discovery of a forest in Mozambique and an ancient Roman villa. Still, we have to take any amateur Google discovery with a grain of salt (just like we did with this treasure hunter) and warn people not to jump to conclusions. On another note, is it weird that Google launched Ocean a few weeks ago and is already getting press like this? [From: The Daily Mail]


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