'Atlantis' found?

[MX-Si]

Interesting article from the Torygraph:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/te...

Whatever it was it was bloody massive!

[off_again]

No idea what is was / is, but I have to say, its on the bottom of the ocean.....

I would expect to see some 'lost city' on some form of dropped ocean shelf of the like. That thing looks like its on the bottom of the ocean and has been made there. So unless Atlantis is filled with sea water breathing peoples, its got to be pretty unlikely.

Impressive though.

[C8PPO]

That'll be them pesky aliens again.

[ApexJimi]

How cool is this?

Great stuff, should be interesting to see what it turns out to be.

[DamoLLb]

maybe its an insects wing on the lens

[iRoll]

Am I missing something here?

[hamishg]

Fascinating story. Google Earth/Ocean is a wonderful toy/tool.

[mechsympathy]

Very interesting, but looking at the scale of it one "block" would be the size of Gran Canaria

[DamoLLb]

[quote=iRoll]Am I missing something here?

google maps, 31 15'15.53N 24 15'30.53W , then zoom in

[G'kar]

iRoll said:

Am I missing something here?

Click through the slideshow. It zooms.

[hamishg]

Or just click next above the photo on the link and zoom in.

[hornetrider]

Hmmm, "Found on Google Ocean, launched earlier this month?"

Quel coincidence eh? I'll bet lots of people will download it now eh?

[THX138]

Hmmmm! looks like a Daily Star frontpage to me.

Take a look 31 15 15.53N 24 15 30.53W


Or is it just viral marketing for google Earth? (Ocean)


ps. nearby is the wreck of a sunken WW2 U-Boat but unfortunately no London Double Decker Bus..

[NoelWatson]

DamoLLb said:

iRoll said:

Am I missing something here?

google maps, 31 15'15.53N 24 15'30.53W , then zoom in

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=31+15'15.53N+24+15'30.53W&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=15.35132,38.583984&ie=UTF8&ll=31.250378,-24.257812&spn=2.770559,4.822998&t=h&z=8

Edited by NoelWatson on Friday 20th February 10:37

[The Black Flash]

ISTR watching some discovery program where they've found lots of things which look rather like man made ruins off the coast of india. I believe their hypothesis was that they predated the ice age, then were flooded when the glaciers retreated.

Not sure how likely that is, but the ruins were quite strikingly unatural-looking.

[MX-Si]

The Black Flash said:

ISTR watching some discovery program where they've found lots of things which look rather like man made ruins off the coast of india. I believe their hypothesis was that they predated the ice age, then were flooded when the glaciers retreated.

Not sure how likely that is, but the ruins were quite strikingly unatural-looking.

Have a look here, they seem to have quite a bit of information on underwater ruins:

http://www.morien-institute.org/uwnewsarchive.html

[Kinky]

The Black Flash said:

ISTR watching some discovery program where they've found lots of things which look rather like man made ruins off the coast of india. I believe their hypothesis was that they predated the ice age, then were flooded when the glaciers retreated.

Not sure how likely that is, but the ruins were quite strikingly unatural-looking.

I saw the same and was about to post the same.

I also saw it referred to on another programme - by Nick Baker or somesuch person.

[Fetchez la vache]

It wasn't just you!



Edit: The article said it was the size of Wales. By my reconing that looks about 35miles across - the cheek

Edited by Fetchez la vache on Friday 20th February 10:49

[MentalSarcasm]

Atlantis was probably created by Plato who was inspired by the Greek city of Helike, which really was wiped out back in 373BC.

Chances are that there are several other cities that this happened to, none of them are particularly mythical, just not exactly lucky.

[Neil_H]

Bizarre, they do look man-made.