Last week, a grid was discovered on Google Earth at coordinates 31 15′15.53N, 24 15′30.53W on the ocean floor 600 miles off the coast of Africa, sparking rumors that spread over the Internet that the ruins of the lost city of Atlantis were found. Or maybe they were plow marks from aliens?
Google was quick to discredit the rumor, saying that these lines couldn't have been from the lost city and were created by "ship tracks."
Credit: Google Earth
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- You're right! Since the circumference of the Earth is about 24,900 miles at the equator, it would be pretty difficult for a mountain range to stretch 11,900 miles beyond that. ... (Read the rest)
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Yes, they're ship tracks
scubagrl | 02/25/09
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train0 | 02/25/09
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please elaborate
pikeman666 | 02/26/09
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stefanis | 02/25/09
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bt582@... | 02/25/09
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Looks like Atlantis to me. . .
jimbo@... | 02/25/09
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email@... | 02/25/09
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meenal.mukadam | 02/26/09
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Why Atlantis?
hizaleus | 02/26/09
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d.esposito@... | 02/26/09
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The gift that keeps on giving.
Gaius_Maximus | 02/26/09
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andy.smith@... | 02/26/09
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