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| Mystery of plane spotted at bottom of Minneapolis lake solved | Mystery of plane spotted at bottom of Minneapolis lake solved |
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| The mystery behind a ghostly image, seemingly showing a passenger plane “submerged” in a US lake on Google Maps, has been solved. | The mystery behind a ghostly image, seemingly showing a passenger plane “submerged” in a US lake on Google Maps, has been solved. |
| Pictures of a plane, which appeared to have sunk to the bottom of Lake Harriet in Minneapolis, puzzled authorities after they emerged on Google’s satellite map. | Pictures of a plane, which appeared to have sunk to the bottom of Lake Harriet in Minneapolis, puzzled authorities after they emerged on Google’s satellite map. |
| Officials appeared to have no record of a plane crash in the area and were unaware there was a wreck in the lake. | Officials appeared to have no record of a plane crash in the area and were unaware there was a wreck in the lake. |
| However, before the image began to spark mass conspiracy theories, a Google Maps spokeswoman suggested there was a simple explanation to the conundrum. | However, before the image began to spark mass conspiracy theories, a Google Maps spokeswoman suggested there was a simple explanation to the conundrum. |
| Due to the way Google’s satellite imagery is created it is most likely the picture of the lake was taken at the same time as a plane was flying over it, causing the two objects to merge. | Due to the way Google’s satellite imagery is created it is most likely the picture of the lake was taken at the same time as a plane was flying over it, causing the two objects to merge. |
| Susan Cadrecha, a spokeswoman for Google maps, told The Minneapolis Star-Tribune: "In short, each satellite image you see on the map is actually a compilation of several images. | Susan Cadrecha, a spokeswoman for Google maps, told The Minneapolis Star-Tribune: "In short, each satellite image you see on the map is actually a compilation of several images. |
| "Fast-moving objects like planes often show up in only one of the many images we use for a given area." | "Fast-moving objects like planes often show up in only one of the many images we use for a given area." |
| Lake Harriet is around five miles from Minneapolis-St Paul Airport, where more than 400,000 planes land and take off each year. It is also under the airport’s flight path making Google’s theory even more plausible. | Lake Harriet is around five miles from Minneapolis-St Paul Airport, where more than 400,000 planes land and take off each year. It is also under the airport’s flight path making Google’s theory even more plausible. |
| Other Google satellite images also appear to show planes in mysterious locations. | Other Google satellite images also appear to show planes in mysterious locations. |
| An image of a passenger plane sitting in a New York playground has been spotted by Untapped Cities, and another image of a plane can been seen in the Atlantic Ocean near Long Beach, New York, according to Gawker. | An image of a passenger plane sitting in a New York playground has been spotted by Untapped Cities, and another image of a plane can been seen in the Atlantic Ocean near Long Beach, New York, according to Gawker. |
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