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Related: About this forumLoch Ness monster ‘found’ on satellite map image
http://www.scotsman.com/news/odd/loch-ness-monster-found-on-satellite-map-image-1-3381855The Scotsman
Sunday 20th April 2014
Loch Ness monster found on satellite map image
EVEN the Loch Ness Monster cannot escape computer giant Apple satellite images from the firms mapping app appear to show a creature in the loch.
Two amateur Nessie hunters made the discovery on images from different satellites looking down at the Earth.
Images of the location, just south of Dores, were visible on some iPads and iPhones with the map app, according to Peter Thain from Northumberland and Andy Dixon of County Durham.
Mr Dixon said: It was purely by accident that I came across the image. I was trawling through satellite transmissions of different parts of the country and I thought I would try Loch Ness.... MORE
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Loch Ness monster ‘found’ on satellite map image (Original Post)
theHandpuppet
Apr 2014
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intaglio
(8,170 posts)1. You'll find the image in dipsydoodle's OP - link below
Creative Speculation post "Has Apple maps ...
I pointed out that this "monster" seems to have a single propellor judging from the prop wash.
I pointed out that this "monster" seems to have a single propellor judging from the prop wash.
csziggy
(34,136 posts)2. It looks like a giant trilobite!
theHandpuppet
(19,964 posts)3. Ha-ha! Either that or a monster-sized flathead catfish
Don't believe in Nessie, sad to say, because it would be cool to actually find a living specimen. But nothing about Loch Ness tells me it could sustain a large creature much less a population capable of reproducing. Just not enough food species.
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csziggy
(34,136 posts)6. Image explained - it's a boat
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