12 shocking finds made with Google Maps

Looking at photographs of our planet taken from space, you can find a lot of intriguing and sometimes unexplained things, especially if you connect your imagination while watching.

Edition AdMe.ru collected mysterious objects and places that users found on Google maps.

Wasteland Guardian

In November, the 2006 Lynn hickox discovered on Google maps located in the Canadian province of Alberta, a geological formation resembling an Indian head with a earpiece in its ear. This image appeared as a result of prolonged soil erosion, and the wire from the earpiece and the ear - the road leading to the oil rig, and the tower itself.

Bloody Lake in Iraq

In 2007, near the Iraqi city of Sadr, it was discovered blood red lake. Versions of the origin of the anomaly were very different - from wastewater to waste from a nearby slaughterhouse. But the reason for this color of water has not been established. Today, the lake looks just like the others.

Heart shaped island

Galeshnyak Island, belonging to Croatia, was discovered on satellite maps in 2009. The island quickly became popular, not only on the Internet, but also among travelers - the previously uninhabited part of the land turned into a place of pilgrimage for lovers from all over the world.

Fingerprint Maze

A labyrinth in the shape of a human fingerprint, lined with limestone tiles, is located in Park "Hove" in Brighton, UK. It was created in 2006 by artist’s sketch. Chris Drury.

"The scene of the murder" on the lake in the city of Almere, the Netherlands

A satellite image taken in 2009 in the Netherlands was discovered by a Reddit user. The scene looked like a murder, and the site was stormy. discussionwhat it really is.

However, no bloody crime in this picture is not recorded. A resident of Almere, Jacqueline Kenen identified in the cruel "killer" of her golden retriever, who, she said, loves to swim. And what was taken for traces of blood, in fact, just water, which is glass with the dog's coat.

Swastika building

The building, shaped like a swastika, belongs to the US Navy, it was noticed by Google users in 2006. The command of the Navy said that the similarity with this figure was found only at the construction stage, when it was impossible to change anything.

In 2007 year $ 600 thousand were allocated for changing the landscape and installing solar panels so that they hide the shape of the building. As of 2017 year, thanks to solar panels, the building no longer resembles a Nazi symbol.

People in pigeon masks

This street shot was taken in Musashino, Japan, in March 2013. This "composition" was built specifically - users and team site Daily Portal Z, having learned that the streets will be photographed for Google, decided to perpetuate myself on the map.

Ship overgrown with trees

This abandoned and tree-covered ship was filmed by a satellite on the Parramatta River, which flows near Sydney, Australia. Ship called SS Ayrfield It was launched in 1911 year. In 1972, it was written off, and since then the ship has moored at the mouth of the river.

UFO in Romania

An object similar in shape to a UFO from science fiction films was discovered on one of the abandoned farms near the Romanian city of Timisoara. The discovery gave rise to a lot of rumors about a visit to Earth by an alien ship. In fact, a flying saucer is abandoned water towerwhich used to supply water to Timisoara.

Breath of the desert

Strange circles in the Sahara desert were created in 1997 by the hands of people in the creative union DAST A sculpture was made of two spirals emanating from the center, one of which was created from cones that expand as they move away from the beginning, and the second from recesses constructed according to the same principle.

As conceived by the creators of the spiral should disappear over time under the influence of erosion. However, now, after 20 years, it is perfectly visible even from space.

Cemetery military aircraft

Aircraft base "Davis-Monten" It is located next to the city of Tucson in the United States and is perhaps the world's largest place for the preservation of aircraft - it’s about the 4 400 airplanes and the 40 spacecraft. Each year around 400 units of equipment arrive and as many are sold or destroyed.

Strange Creature from Loch Ness

25-year-old Jason Cook, looking at satellite images of Loch Ness, noticed a creature floating in its waters. And although there is no reliable evidence of the existence of the famous monster, many felt that it was his Google satellite that captured it.

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