12 strange images on Google Earth

Starting with the mysterious structures in the Gobi Desert and ending with a phantom island in the South Pacific, Google Earth has many interesting places that our planet abounds. You have the opportunity to see the incredible ones themselves.

1. Ghost Island

In 2012, a group of scientists from Australia saw on the map an island the size of Manhattan in the South Pacific. The mysterious place was called the Sandy Island and put on a map, northwest of New Caledonia. He even appeared on a black polygon on Google Earth. But when scientists went there in November 2012, they only found water in the place where the land was supposed to be.

In April 2013, scientists gave an explanation of why the phantom island was on some maps for more than a century. They point to the human factor and the possibility of having a "raft" of soft sandstone.

2. The lake of blood?

Outside of the Sunder City in Iraq is a blood-red lake. But for the time being there is no official explanation of the color of this strange pond.

3. Island in the lake

The world's largest island in the lake is a narrow strip of land located in Canada. The Nameless Island is located in the center of a small lake, which itself is on a larger island. This island, in turn, is located on one of the long lakes located near the southern coast of the island of Victoria. About this small island, perhaps, and would not have guessed in the world, if not for a careful study of our planet by cards geeks around the world. It is likely that the foot has not yet set foot on this island.

4. The burial ground

In Arizona, there is a so-called burial ground, where American military aircraft are left, which are no longer used. This is an area of about 1000 hectares, which is closed to the general public. However, with the help of Google Earth, we can see what's inside: almost all the aircraft since the Second World War at various stages of destruction.

5. The largest word?

Hamdan bin Hamad Al Nahyan is a sheikh-billionaire and a member of the ruling family of Abu Dhabi, ordered to carve his name on the sandy surface of the island in the Persian Gulf, which he owns. The word "Hamad" has a height of 800 meters and a width of about 3.2 kilometers, and it can even be seen from outer space. As a rule, words written on sand disappear, but these letters are large enough to form water channels that absorb water.

6. Wild elephants

Do you think that, most likely, you will not have the chance to see a herd of African elephants in the wild? Fortunately, the satellites were able to make several high-resolution images. The herd of elephants captured in this way lives in Chad.

7. The Gobi Desert

New images of Google Earth revealed a lot of mysterious structures and patterns engraved on the surface of the Gobi Desert. According to experts, this is a secret military base, and the structures found are used for various purposes, including weapon testing, satellite calibration and testing of radar equipment. One of the most complex functions is the so-called Yagi antenna array, which is used to track weather and other atmospheric studies.

8. KFC

Given the huge number of people who study Google Earth in their spare time, it's no wonder that huge advertising images began to appear in remote areas. The world's largest Coca-Cola logo can be seen on the hillside in Chile. It was made from 70 thousand empty bottles. And not far from the highway in Nevada you can see the advertising project of Colonel Sanders - the KFC logo.

9. Considerable shipwreck

The SS Jassim is a Bolivian cargo ferry that ran aground and sank off the coast of Sudan in 2003. This is one of the biggest shipwrecks that can be seen on Google Earth.

10. Lips with access to the sea

These luscious lips are formed by a hill located in Sudan.

11. Australian UFO?

On the map of Australia you can see a strange triangle in the middle of the field, dotted with bright lights. For the first time it was discovered in 2007, and then UFOologists hastened to call it "UFO triangle", because they believed that they could catch the moment when it hovers above the ground. However, other users of Google Earth suggested that the triangle may be associated with the management of an adjacent wind farm. Presumably, the antenna for control has three sets of wires with towers in the middle, which transmit the control signals.

12. The incomprehensible pentagram

In the windy steppes of Central Asia in an isolated corner of Kazakhstan there is a large pentagram that is approximately 366 meters in diameter. The image is engraved on the surface of the earth. A five-pointed star with a circle is located on the southern bank of Upper Tobol, and its image can be easily seen on Google Maps - a more detailed online version of Google Earth.

Many Internet comments link the pentagram to the activities of various religious sects, devil worship, or to the inhabitants of the underworld. In fact, the pentagram only reflects the outline of a park made in the form of a star.