6 Secret Places Google Earth Doesn't Want You to See

Here are six secret places that Google Earth has blocked, erased, whited out, or replaced with other images, along with the possible reasons.

Possibly one of the easiest ways to find secret government projects is to look at how well they are hidden in Google Earth. Government agencies, corporations, or private individuals can request that Google block satellite views of their location from Google Earth users. Some requests to “hide” their location are trivial while others can be quite revealing via their intent.

Here are several hidden Google Earth locations that are blocked, erased, whited out, or replaced with other images. Read more

Nessie Spotted on Google Earth

Jason Cooke was surfing through Google Earth when he decided to look at a satellite photo of Loch Ness in Scotland and spotted an image which may be the Loch Ness monster.

An extraordinary new image on Google Earth has given fresh life to the age-old conundrum of whether Loch News really is inhabited by a monster. The image was unearthed by security guard Jason Cooke who was browsing through satellite pictures on the website, presumably on a quiet night, and has reignited the previously slumbering world of Nessieology – there have been no wavelets since a spate of sightings in 2005. Indeed, so worried had Nessieologists become that some were speculating that he/she/it might have fallen victim to climate change in the Highlands.

The object spotted by Cooke looks like a giant tadpole, with an oval body, tail and flippers. Read more