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:

  1. Anonymous5:23 PM

    No.

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  2. Anonymous8:47 PM

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

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

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

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  5. 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)

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  6. Anonymous1:44 PM

    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.

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