Earth Oddities Seen In Google Maps / Earth / Street View

Mythopoeika said:
There's a monument there called Glen Mama (Battle of Clontarf).
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This battle took place in 999; it did involve King Brian Boru though.

ON Thursday 30 December, 999, Glen Mama, one of the great battles of the Viking Age was fought in the glens of Wicklow.

It has traditionally been held that the site of the battle was located in the hills to the east of modern Dunlavin. Equally, others now place it further north on the edge of the Wicklow mountains near Rathcoole. Wherever the location in Wicklow, the outcome of Glenn Mama was to decisively shape the history of the Hiberno-Norse kingdom of Dublin.

The background to Glen Mama lies in the dramatic rise of Brian Boru, King of Munster. Brian, a man of great political acumen, military ability and cunning, steadily emerged over the 980s and early 990s to rival HighKing Mael Sechlainn.

Such was Brian's power that the high-king held a great conference with him near Clonfert in 997.

What resulted was an agreement between the two to divide control of the island. Mael Sechlainn would control the northern half, while the high-king recognised Brian's dominance over southern Ireland – giving him the hostages of Leinster and those of the city of Dublin.

To the chagrin of Sitric Silkenbeard of Dublin, the city with its lucrative trading networks now lay under Brian's control.

Sitric was to find a ready ally in Maelmorda, king of Ui Faelain in north Kildare, who deeply resented the Munsterman.

Their collective restiveness was inevitably to lead to a dangerous revolt against Brian's rule. The spearhead of the revolt was Maelmorda. ...

https://www.independent.ie/regionals/wicklowpeople/news/the-battle-of-glen-mama-27856627.html


The battle of Clontarf took place in 1014.

https://dh.tcd.ie/clontarf/the_battle
 
ramonmercado said:
This battle took place in 999; it did involve King Brian Boru though.

ON Thursday 30 December, 999, Glen Mama, one of the great battles of the Viking Age was fought in the glens of Wicklow.

It has traditionally been held that the site of the battle was located in the hills to the east of modern Dunlavin. Equally, others now place it further north on the edge of the Wicklow mountains near Rathcoole. Wherever the location in Wicklow, the outcome of Glenn Mama was to decisively shape the history of the Hiberno-Norse kingdom of Dublin.

The background to Glen Mama lies in the dramatic rise of Brian Boru, King of Munster. Brian, a man of great political acumen, military ability and cunning, steadily emerged over the 980s and early 990s to rival HighKing Mael Sechlainn.

Such was Brian's power that the high-king held a great conference with him near Clonfert in 997.

What resulted was an agreement between the two to divide control of the island. Mael Sechlainn would control the northern half, while the high-king recognised Brian's dominance over southern Ireland – giving him the hostages of Leinster and those of the city of Dublin.

To the chagrin of Sitric Silkenbeard of Dublin, the city with its lucrative trading networks now lay under Brian's control.

Sitric was to find a ready ally in Maelmorda, king of Ui Faelain in north Kildare, who deeply resented the Munsterman.

Their collective restiveness was inevitably to lead to a dangerous revolt against Brian's rule. The spearhead of the revolt was Maelmorda. ...

https://www.independent.ie/regionals/wicklowpeople/news/the-battle-of-glen-mama-27856627.html


The battle of Clontarf took place in 1014.

https://dh.tcd.ie/clontarf/the_battle
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“The battle between God and Odin for the soul of lreland.”

maximus otter
 
Friendly dog becomes Street View Star

An adorable dog has been captured in more than 1,000 Street View shots after following a Google Maps photographer around an island.

The golden retriever is seen guiding the photographer around the island of Jukdo, adjacent to Ulleungdo, South Korea, in the Sea of Japan - and even waits for the snapper after losing sight of him in the woods.
According to one user, the curious pup is called Maru and is the island's "unofficial guide dog" having lived on Jukdo for seven years.

They commented: "Maru is known to be super friendly to tourists and locals. There is another doggo named Mingki in another island where she guides tourist too."

In response, another user added: "She naturally loves everyone and everything, especially walks with complete strangers."
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hunck said:
Friendly dog becomes Street View Star

An adorable dog has been captured in more than 1,000 Street View shots after following a Google Maps photographer around an island.

The golden retriever is seen guiding the photographer around the island of Jukdo, adjacent to Ulleungdo, South Korea, in the Sea of Japan - and even waits for the snapper after losing sight of him in the woods.

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Oddly, I can't get any Google Streetview of that island.
 
Just went to check out my house on Street View as I hadn't looked for a while and wondered if there was a more recent one. Turns out there was one in 2021 and it's the creepiest thing ever... My creepy, horrible ex neighbour (the one I was about to make a nidstang out of Britain's toy horses, but they moved away anyway!) There she is, sat on a camping chair, in front of her front door and quite eerie as her head is turned completely to one side and she's clearly staring intently at something. Something in our front garden! (Can't tell if we're out there as I planted some little trees out there to screen us from the road, so our's is the only garden you can hardly see into). She's there forever now!

I think we have 4 or 5 street views from various years now and it's weird scrolling between them. There the creepy, dog kicking ex neighbour is, for posterity.
 
Did Google Earth finally find Bigfoot in Colorado?

Mystery surrounds creature spotted on Google Earth​

Shocking satellite images from Google Earth has made internet users confident they spotted Big Foot in the US mountains.
Google Earth satellite images have sparked a debate over whether Bigfoot is roaming around in Colorado.
A group of online sleuths apparently believe the satellite images may have captured a Sasquatch in the wild, The U.S. Sun reported.

The picture, taken at the exact coordinates 38°16‘24“ N. 108°08’32 in Western Colorado, was posted on a thread in a subreddit dedicated to Big Foot.

It shows a dark silhouette walking through a clearing, which online sleuths have calculated to be nearly seven-and-a-half foot tall (228.6cm).
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https://www.news.com.au/technology/...h/news-story/0bceec8420e24e13dcbf7c280a947fd5
 
Lord Lucan said:
Did Google Earth finally find Bigfoot in Colorado?

Mystery surrounds creature spotted on Google Earth​

Shocking satellite images from Google Earth has made internet users confident they spotted Big Foot in the US mountains.

https://www.news.com.au/technology/...h/news-story/0bceec8420e24e13dcbf7c280a947fd5
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You'd left the final W off the coordinates.
Found it though and estimate the feature is approx 2.8 m / 9ft 1" across the longest part.

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Whilst it does look rather like a huge, dark bipedal creature, I suspect the proffered explanation, that it is a small pond, seems more likely.
There are other similar dark shapes just to the right and the fact that neither the Bigfoot shape nor the others cast any observable shadow, suggests they are flat surface features.

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