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Google Debunks Maps Atlantis Myth

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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  1. The reason.. by anilg · · Score: 3, Informative

    Reason for those lines: Ship tracks due to the way oceanographic equipment work.

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