grungy-gonads 54 Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 Cool! Quote: The network of criss-cross lines is 620 miles off the coast of north west Africa near the Canary Islands on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean. The perfect rectangle – which is around the size of Wales – was noticed on the search giant's underwater exploration tool by an aeronautical engineer who claims it looks like an "aerial map" of a city. The underwater image can be found at the co-ordinates 31 15'15.53N 24 15'30.53W. Last night Atlantis experts said that the unexplained grid is located at one of the possible sites of the legendary island, which was described by the ancient Greek philosopher Plato. According to his account, the city sank beneath the ocean after its residents made a failed effort to conquer Athens around 9000 BC. Dr Charles Orser, curator of historical archaeology at New York State University told The Sun that the find was fascinating and warranted further inspection. "The site is one of the most prominent places for the proposed location of Atlantis, as described by Plato," the Atlantis expert said. "Even if it turns out to be geographical, it definitely deserves a closer look." Bernie Bamford, 38, of Chester who spotted the "city", compared it to the plan of Milton Keynes, the Buckinghamshire town built on a grid design. "It must be man made," he said. Google Ocean, an extension of Google Earth, allows web users to virtually explore the ocean with thousands of images of underwater landscapes. Launched earlier this month, it lets users swim around underwater volcanoes, watch videos about exotic marine life, read about nearby shipwrecks, contribute photos and watch unseen footage of historic ocean expeditions. The legend of Atlantis has excited the public imagination for centuries. In recent years "evidence" of the lost kingdom has been found off the coast of Cyprus and in southern Spain. Plato described it as an island "larger than Libya and Asia put together" in front of the Pillars of Hercules - the Straits of Gibraltar. He said Atlantis was a land of fabulous wealth, advanced civilisation and natural beauty destroyed by earthquakes and floods 9,000 years earlier. Patrick "Bobby" Duffy was unavailable for comment. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted February 21, 2009 Author Share Posted February 21, 2009 JR made no comment either. Link to post Share on other sites
stemik 14 Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 and Sue Ellen was too drunk.... Link to post Share on other sites
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grungy-gonads 54 Posted February 21, 2009 Author Share Posted February 21, 2009 Ray was shagging the dwarf and being a general cowboy Link to post Share on other sites
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Ezorisu 0 Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 If one were to believe the legendary accounts of the fictional city/island/nation of Atlantis, it was supposedly constructed in concentric circles, which makes this phenomenon and other similar right-angle grid-like structures like it automatically out of the running for possible sites of the lost city. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 So, how can an island be bigger than Libya and Asia combined? Bobby? Link to post Share on other sites
Jynxx 4 Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Herodotus... The ancients talk about the body of water Atlantis sinks, but one can include inland lakes and artificial islands. There is a theory which places Atlantis in Peru Bolivia border highlands. Like Troy, it's just a matter of finding it. Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Its none of them - its the sonar something or another from the boats. It's on da bbc Link to post Share on other sites
@tokyo 14 Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Spoilsport, Rob! Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 nope, the question needs answering. How can an island be bigger than Libya and Asia combined?? Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 When its Atlantis Link to post Share on other sites
keba 0 Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 In the time of Plato, Asia refered not to the massive land mass we think of, but the lesser area containing Turkey, etc. Still a big island though... Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted February 26, 2009 Author Share Posted February 26, 2009 Where does Bobby fit in then? Link to post Share on other sites
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