Top 10 Unusual Google Earth Finds
 
 
 
 
 
Atlantis Found?
 
Might these be the ruins of the lost continent of Atlantis? Eager explorers certainly thought so. The real explanation is far less fun: Google Earth engineers soon announced that the grid pattern was merely a digital artifact created by the sonar boats collecting mapping data. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Firefox Crop Circles
 
Maybe alien technology isn't so foreign after all. This Firefox crop circle sprouted up in a corn field in Oregon. In 2006, the Oregon State University Linux Users group created the giant logo — spanning more than 45,000 square feet — to celebrate the Web browser's 50 millionth download.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
UFO landing Pads, Maybe?
 
Here's a true Google Earth mystery. These odd formations can be found on air bases in the U.S. and Britain. The U.K. Ministry of Defense called it a motorcycle range, but other speculate it may be some sort of calibration tool for satellites. No one really knows...
 

 
 
 
 
 
Oprah Maze
 
She's got a massive syndicated show, a magazine called O and was dubbed the most powerful celebrity in the world by Forbes. An Arizona farmer created this 2004 tribute to the TV talk-show host.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Secret Swastika
 
When builders of the Coronado Naval Amphibious Base in San Diego planned this complex in 1967, satellite imagery was probably the furthest thing from their minds. But in 2007 Google Earth sleuths found that four unconnected buildings on the base formed an unfortunate shape when viewed from above: a swastika. 
 
 
 
 
 
Lost(and Found)at Sea
 
The SS Jassim, a Bolivian cargo ferry, ran aground and sunk on the Wingate Reef off the coast of Sudan in 2003. Now it's one of the largest shipwrecks visible on Google Earth.
 

 
 
 
 
 
A Face In the clay
 
This formation in Alberta, Canada is entirely natural. Dubbed the Badlands Guardian, the "face" is actually a valley eroded into the clay. Although it looks like he's wearing earphones; that's a road and an oil well. Even the Badlands Guardian, isn't immune to exploratory drilling.
 

 
 
 
 
 
Iraq's Bloody Lake
 
This blood-red lake outside of Iraq's Sadr City garnered a fair share of macabre speculation when it was discovered in 2007. One tipster said that he was "told by a friend" that slaughterhouses in Iraq sometimes dump blood in canals. No one has offered an official explanation.
 

 
 
 
 
 
Airplane Graveyard!
 
The Davis-Monthan Air Force Base outside of Tuscon, Ariz., is where old planes go to die. More than 4,000 military aircraft are parked on the base where they are salvaged for parts and broken down for scrap. It's one of the most popular satellite pictures online.
 

 
 
 
 
 
Missile Test?
 
Google Earth has plenty of examples of planes, helicopters caught in flight, but this cruise missile in the Utah mountains might be the most unlikely capture yet. If it is a cruise missile. Many dispute the image and say it's merely an airplane. You be the judge!