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http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=74.781612,36.914063&spn=4.33208,28.125&t=h&z=6
How random... Lots of perfectly straight lines, meeting at crisp angles.
But what on Earth is it?
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http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&t=h&ll=31.489578,-24.263306&spn=3.508046,7.03125&z=8
This one is even stranger. A self-contained rectilinear feature in an
otherwise random sea of features...
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> How random... Lots of perfectly straight lines, meeting at crisp angles.
> But what on Earth is it?
The dotted ones to me look like the path of something, a kind of boat? But
why (and how) would it leave a huge "dot" every ~3 miles along its track?
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http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&t=h&ll=-22.669779,-13.974609&spn=3.796006,7.03125&z=8
Another seemingly ubiquitous feature is these criss-cross "stipply"
lines. The big ridges look like fault lines, but the smaller stippled
lines are a mystery.
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http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&t=h&ll=-44.840291,-104.348145&spn=5.83517,14.0625&z=7
This one shows it more clearly.
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Invisible wrote:
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http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&t=h&ll=31.489578,-24.263306&spn=3.508046,7.03125&z=8
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> This one is even stranger. A self-contained rectilinear feature in an
> otherwise random sea of features...
Isn't this the one that conspiracy theorists thought was Atlantis?
...Chambers
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Chambers wrote:
> Invisible wrote:
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http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&t=h&ll=31.489578,-24.263306&spn=3.508046,7.03125&z=8
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>> This one is even stranger. A self-contained rectilinear feature in an
>> otherwise random sea of features...
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> Isn't this the one that conspiracy theorists thought was Atlantis?
It's possible. I know there's a rock formation with lots of
criss-crossing lines seemingly at right-angles. I don't know if this
specific area of seafloor in the one in question though...
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On 10/28/2009 8:36 AM, Invisible wrote:
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http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&t=h&ll=-44.840291,-104.348145&spn=5.83517,14.0625&z=7
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> This one shows it more clearly.
Could it be some artifact in the way they're getting the topology of the
ocean floor?
--
~Mike
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Mike Raiford wrote:
> Could it be some artifact in the way they're getting the topology of the
> ocean floor?
I was wondering the same thing myself. Certainly there are areas of
Google's seabed images where the detail level seems to abruptly change,
with rectangular boundaries.
Personally, I just wish they had higher resolutions available. ;-) I
have a think for deep-sea exploration...
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Mike Raiford wrote:
> Could it be some artifact in the way they're getting the topology of the
> ocean floor?
Yes. The boat is going along the tracks, and the sonar forms artifacts when
it's also reflecting off the boat. Stuff like that. I read about it
somewhere when someone else brought it up, and the boat captain chimed in.
--
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
I ordered stamps from Zazzle that read "Place Stamp Here".
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