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[Vyse]

Atlantis- Found on Google Earth?

Lately, it seems as if the Sun is printing alot of tabloid nonsense, but I can't deny the amusement I get from reading it, and the child in me really wants this to be true.

Aeronautical engineer Bernie Bamford claims to have discovered the lost city of Atlantis. How did he do this? Well, he claims to have found it while playing around on Google Earth.

Is this Atlantis? --Click here to view--

Apparently, Google has mapped the ocean floor using boats with sonars, and the grid Bernie Bamford found appears to be manmade. It is located in the area known as Madeira Abyssal Plane, which is just outside the Canary Islands and several hundred kilometers outside the west coast of Africa. Most experts on the area claims that this might be a lost island, but that this discovery is many times smaller than what Atlantis was supposed to be.

Google Earth has been in the media alot since it's birth. Among other things, it has taken a photo of a woman sunbathing in her own back yard in Germany, and discovered a huge drug farm. Is it really unthinkable that this free tool might lend a hand in one of the greatest archeological discoveries ever? This island is supposed to have drowned 12000 years ago, so it's about time we found it!

As I said, the kid in me really wants this to be real. When I was little, the legends about Atlantis was always fun to read about, and I've done a couple of projects on the matter in school. I would love for this to be real, althought I won't be holding my breath. What do you guys think?

Source: The Sun discovers Atlantis

Daily Mail says Atlantis on Google does not compute!

[Dark]

DAMN. That's really cool. x]

I hope so, even though the most I know about Atlantis is that cartoon movie.

[Sakura~Kitsune]

Oooh, pretty interesting~ :O

I usually pick up The Sun for a good laugh (like a few days ago, I read about how a small child was the reincarnation of a demon), but there are times when I can't help but wonder the truth about this stuff. Although it's mostly far off the rocker... isn't it fun just to think about it? And Atlantis for this matter; it used to be a dream of mines to find the lost city since it was either that or go looking for life on the moon!

I wonder what else you might be able to find on Google Earth? x]

*ideas are beginning to break out*

[FullmetalNinja25]

Eh I'm not really a believer in all those myths....now if you'll excuse me I'm going to a party with Bigfoot and Nessie.

[Smiter]

Unfortunately, it turned out that the grid was an artifact of the sonar mapping. The lines you see are actually the routes the boat took while mapping.

Still, the thought of discovering another long-lost civilsation always brings a smile to my face. It was a nice change from the usual gloomy news.

You know, if that was actually Atlantis, it would be the size of Wales! That's one massive city! An underwater depth of 3.5 miles would also be a bit too much for Indiana Jones.

[Derock]

You know, Hollywood is trying to do a sequel of Journey to the Center of the Earth with Brendan Fraiser. This time, it's the journey of Atlantis.

[Kyuudaime]

Figures, people see some line segments and jump to conclusions.

Eh I'm not really a believer in all those myths....now if you'll excuse me I'm going to a party with Bigfoot and Nessie.

And I wasn't invited?
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