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MH370: Why these two videos don't show what happened to the lost plane

Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 disappeared on March 8, 2014, prompting a widespread search effort and global concern. In the wake of the tragedy, a number of theories began surfacing online, as people tried to explain the mysterious disappearance. After the release of a new Netflix documentary on the topic in…

France 24

Bigfoot mystery as huge 7.5ft ape-like creature spotted roaming on Google Earth

A possible sighting of Bigfoot has been spotted in western Colorado on Google Maps and posted onto a community group that shares theories on the ape-like mythical creature

Daily Mirror

‘Excessive’: North Korea’s COVID curbs blamed for food crisis

Pyongyang has substantially ramped up border security since January 2020, according to satellite images.

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Woman has people gobsmacked as she claims to spot 'alien' in back seat of car

The woman was shocked by the discovery, which she made accidentally after zooming in on Google Earth, thinking she had spotted something else entirely in the street image

Daily Mirror

Google Earth is an illusion: how I am using art to explore the problematic nature of western maps and the myth of 'terra nullius'

Within western society, maps are often perceived as scientific, neutral and objective tools. Map making has always been shaped by our social and cultural relationships to the land. In the last 20 years, approaches to map creation have become much more reliant on photographic and digital technologies, including Google Earth.

The Conversation

Stinking pile of rubbish so big it was visible on Google Earth festered in back garden

The rubbish was attracting vermin - until council cleared it up when problem was made public

Wales Online

How To Watch A Timelapse Of Your City From The 1980s To Now

This article was originally published in April 2022.

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'Nightmare' rubbish mountain that attracts rats and stinks is visible from Google Earth

Locals and ward councillors got good news when Walsall Council served an enforcement notice to the land owners on February 25, but they have appealed it saying they need more time

Daily Mirror

Man convinced he's spotted a UFO hovering over Arctic Ocean on Google Earth

Edward Jones was thrilled to spot what he thought looked like an otherworldly UFO off the coast of the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard - but others weren't as convinced

Daily Mirror

Mayday! 22 mysterious shipwrecks you can see on Google Earth

Google Earth has captured images of rotting and rusting hulls that are wasting away in shallow waters the world over.

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