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Google Earth's 'Atlantis' Disappears After Upgrade

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Google has crushed the hopes of Atlantis hunters everywhere by removing from Google Earth an image that had been rumored to be of the lost city. The image,   which was discovered in 2009, was especially compelling for Atlantiophiles, because it was located in one of the areas where the ancient city was thought to have been built, reports   The Daily Mail. Although the web behemoth kept the image up for three years, it has maintained since the beginning that the pattern was caused by an error in shipboard sounding data and not by an ancient city that disappeared into the ocean.   Two oceanography experts who wrote a post for Google's official blog pointed out that if the grid did in fact depict Atlantis, some of the city blocks would have been eight miles long. The change -- and disappearance of "Atlantis" --   is part of joint effort by Google,   Scripps Institute of Oceanography , the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) , the U.S. Na...

They claim to see the Loch Ness Monster in a photograph from Google Earth

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According to a  Google Earth  image, published by the London newspaper The Sun, the famous Scottish  monster  exists, has an oval, a tail and four fins.   Some experts believe that "Nessie", and nicknamed the monster, be  a  plesiosaur, an extinct marine reptile. Security guard Jason, 25, of Nottingham, said: "When I saw him I could not believe it.   It's just like the descriptions of 'Nessie'. "   The researcher Adrian Shine, of Cape Lake Project, said: "This is really intriguing.   This needs to go further with the study. " To see the object, you need to enter the coordinates between latitude 57 ° 12 '52.13 "N, Longitude 4 ° 34' 14.16" W into Google Earth. Nevertheless, most scientists and other experts say the evidence supporting the existence of 'Nessie' are unconvincing and considered the reports of fraud or misidentifications of real creatures.