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Atlantis Found on Google Earth, Official Explanation Is Dubious [Google Mythology]

Posted February 23, 2009 1:14 PM

From Gizmodo:

The image you see above is purportedly traces of the ruins of the Lost City of Atlantis, found on Google Earth. Let's weigh the evidence for and against, and see what we can conclude.

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Bayes
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Re: Atlantis Found on Google Earth, Official Explanation Is Dubious [Google Mythology]

02/23/2009 4:30 PM

I thought this was a good news story when I posted about it two days ago. Nice job (He said sarcastically to the completely automated news feed).

Here was my superior post on this:

http://cr4.globalspec.com/thread/33750/Has-the-Lost-City-of-Atlantis-Been-Found-by-Google
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Re: Atlantis Found on Google Earth, Official Explanation Is Dubious [Google Mythology]

02/24/2009 10:53 AM

I'll put this next to my Google Sky image of the Borg cube.
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Re: Atlantis Found on Google Earth, Official Explanation Is Dubious [Google Mythology]

02/24/2009 11:17 AM

How do you like Google sky? Is it worth downloading?
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Re: Atlantis Found on Google Earth, Official Explanation Is Dubious [Google Mythology]

02/24/2009 12:22 PM

I don't use it much, but people I know seem to enjoy it.
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