February 20, 2009

Has Atlantis been found off Africa?

Or are the minions of Cthulhu just fucking with us again?

A "grid of streets" on the seabed at one of the proposed locations of the lost city of Atlantis has been spotted on Google Ocean. The network of criss-cross lines is 620 miles off the coast of north west Africa near the Canary Islands on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean.

The perfect rectangle – which is around the size of Wales* – was noticed on the search giant's underwater exploration tool by an aeronautical engineer who claims it looks like an "aerial map" of a city.

* Wales is around 121 times the size of Liechtenstein, or 6.2 Rhode Island Units.

Update: not so fast, Donovan!

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

No.

Anonymous said...

Why, why...is RI always used as a measurement??? We are soooo much more than that! Visit us sometime and be very surprised!

Jim said...

A 'blip', eh? I'm sure that's what Hagbard Celine wants us to think.

maru said...

Heh. That's why I used "Rhode Island Units". It seems everything is measured by RI. It's like a standard or something.

Distributorcap said...

if it atlantis will we see Pat Boone in his underwear in a tree (reference to the movie Journey to the center of the earth)

Anonymous said...

Plus, Maru, if it is Atlantis, there is more than just that square in the area.

I'm not too convinced of the sonar mapping story, either.