Atlantis Seekers Given Thrill by Google Maps

According to a UK tabloid The Sun, someone supposedly found a picture of the city of Atlantis using Google Earth.

Looking at the image and seeing how straight the lines are is a good indication that the lines are indeed man made. Rarely, if ever are there any kind of faults or terrain made by mother nature that would be this linear. And with these ones being about 620 miles off the coast of Morocco sure makes for a compelling story.

However, according to a Google spokesperson, these lines are actually sonar artifacts from a boat gathering data for Google Earth’s new ocean feature.

“What users are seeing is an artefact of the data collection process.… Bathymetric (or sea floor terrain) data is often collected from boats using sonar to take measurements of the sea floor.… The lines reflect the path of the boat as it gathers the data. The fact that there are blank spots between each of these lines is a sign of how little we really know about the world’s oceans.”

Here’s a link to the spot on Google Maps.

With that being said: What are your thoughts? Is this still the Lost city of Atlantis, or indeed artifacts like Google states?

via: Crunchgear