More on the Google Earth “Atlantis Discovery”
M Paul Lloyd commented on the Lost City of Atlantis on the Focus, the Official Website to the BBC Focus Magazine, that although Google Earth has made many new discoveries, they did not find Atlantis:
But a Google Earth spokesperson told the Press Association that the shapes were created by boats using sonar to take measurements of the seafloor.
“It’s true that many amazing discoveries have been made in Google Earth including a pristine forest in Mozambique that is home to previously unknown species and the remains of an ancient Roman villa,” the representative said.
“In this case, however, what users are seeing is an artifact of the data collection process.