Google Earth put together images from different sources, from satellites in geosynchronous orbit that took photos of low-resolution from tens of thousands of miles above Earth, to satellites near the Earth that took higher-resolution pictures and also aerial photos captured from airplanes, drones, kites, and even balloons.
Anyone who downloads the software can access this imagery and archaeologists have capitalized on the rich resource. Google Earth brings some stranges locations to light. Here are some of the weirdest sights on goggle earth.
Sprawling swastika
Scientists found over 50 geoglyphs across northern Kazakhstan in Central Asia, both the swastika-shaped design. Although the swastika symbol was made from timber, many geoglyphs were made of earthen mounds. These geoglyphs seem to date back 2,000 years. During that time, swastikas were common across Asia and Europe and were not certainly connected with any political beliefs.
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As the image of Google Earth is an island-in-a-lake-on-an-island-in-a-lake-on-an-island, it is an eye-full and also a mouthful. Sure, Google Earth took this picture revealing a small island that is situated inside a crater lake on an island referred to as Volcano Island in a lake known as Lake Taal on the Philippine island of Luzon.
Apparently, for years this occurrence was believed to be the greatest of type spied by Google Earth. However, it happens that honor was directed to a 4-acre spit of land in northern Canada where the chances no human has stepped foot there is high.
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Bull's eye
One type of the "wheels" in the Middle East resembles the eye of a bull, with three triangles pointing towards the direction of the eye and tiny piles of stones leading from the triangles close to the bull's-eye wheel.
The University of Western Australia David Kennedy, who was the co-director of the project, named it a central bull's-eye tomb with, three triangles each with at least a portion of a linking line of stone piles running to the core.
Mysterious pyramid?
This picture from Google Earth reveals an anomaly that some individuals thought could be an unearthed pyramid. A lot of oddities in Egypt have been identified with the use of Google Earth in the past five years.
However, there is a discussion as to whether they act for natural features or artificial structures. More unearthings are required, but Egypt's situation of security and economy has reduced the number and size of excavations.
Abandoned launch sites
Previous supersonic surface-to-air missiles, Nike missiles, sat prepared to launch at almost 300 locations across the United States during the period from 1954 to the 1970s. Some of those missiles even possess nuclear warheads. Those missiles became outdated with the arrival of long-range intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs).
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