Google has taken the “unexplained phenomenon” campaign one step further today, with a crop circle-themed Google Doodle.
Yes, today’s Google logo consists of the word “Google” spelled out in crop circles with a tractor completing the letter “L”.
Last week, Google revealed a strange logo where the letter “o” in the logo was being beamed up by [...]

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Has one of the greatest legendary creatures of our time been spotted on Google Earth?
One man claims to have found the Loch Ness Monster in satellite imagery located on the popular mapping platform.
Jason Cooke, a security guard, said a 65-foot, oblong shape followed by several thin strands is actually the highly controversial beast said to [...]

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In honor of Memorial Day 2009, Google Earth has released a new project for those who may be unable to make the trip to Arlington National Cemetary.
A new Google Earth layer, called Map the Fallen, will allow you to display where, when, and how each military service member has died since the beginning of the [...]

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A 40-year-old man who worked for Volkswagen and Audi was seemingly suffering from extreme depression, brought on my work-related stress.
He decided that the best thing to do would be to kill himself. He was also a very organized man, going to great lengths to choose just the right location and ensuring that his last [...]

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A teenager in Britain has painted a 60-foot phallus on the roof of his family’s home.  The boy apparently wanted the newly-remodeled mansion to “stand out” on Google Earth.
Eighteen-year-old Rory McInnes says he was inspired by the the famous “Cerne Abbas Giant” which is a sculpture of a nude guy on some hill in England.
It [...]

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Google has just announced a very interesting contest.
If you have mad modeling skillz (incorrect spelling intended) and you have a fascination with bridges, you might have just found your niche in this world.
If you have a favorite local, famous, or historical bridge you’d like to see in Google Earth, get ready for the Google SketchUp [...]

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Despite Google’s repeated claims that Atlantis cannot be found on Google Earth or on Google Maps, we beg to differ.
It’s right there in the photo above – The Atlantis Resort on Paradise Island in Nassau, Bahamas.
In fact, Google has confirmed that the marks seen in this post are actually “ship tracks.”
It’s quite hard to measure [...]

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Has Google Earth found the lost city of Atlantis, just 620 miles off the West Coast of Africa?
According to a report, Google Ocean has snagged an image showing a grid that features a rectangular perimeter of the seabed, a possible location for Atlantis.
This particular area of the sea, 620 miles off the west coast of [...]

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Google is helping Olly Hicks row around the world.
Last month, Olly set out in his boat, the Flying Carrot (hey, it’s his boat, he can name it whatever he wants) from Recherche Bay in Tasmania, Australia on the Virgin Global Row, in an attempt to become the first person to row around the [...]

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Google Earth 5.0 is here, and it brings with it quite a few drastic improvements.
For starters, Google Earth 5.0 has an ocean – and we don’t just mean a big blue spot.  Starting today, there is a much more detailed map of the ocean’s floor.  You can now actually go [...]

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