Google Debunks Maps Atlantis Myth 82
prxi writes "Recently speculation spread that Atlantis may have been located on Google Ocean. Now Google has posted a blog entry, written by two oceanographers, explaining what exactly caused the strange markings off the coast of Africa. The authors also note that we have better maps of the surface of Mars than we do of our own oceans, and go into detail on what would be required to obtain a fine-grained map of the ocean floor. Apparently it's only 200 ship years of work, or around the cost of a modern stadium, give or take."
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fail!
I bet some one will say... (Score:3, Insightful)
well (Score:1, Insightful)
the first thing that tipped me off was that atlantis probably wasn't 10,000 square miles in size.
Re:well (Score:2, Insightful)
Not that it was FICTIONAL!!!?
Re:The reason.. (Score:2, Insightful)
I've heard this stated many times in many places since this subject came up a few days back, but have yet to spot anyone ask the obvious follow-up question I'm going to ask you in case you might know the answer:
All tinfoil-hat crap aside, why does this little patch of the ocean have so damn many ship tracks relative to any other random location? What of interest is (or is at least thought to be) down there in that area?
I'm honestly curious.