/r/googlemapsshenanigans

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For all of the interesting, funny, or otherwise unusual things you see on Google Maps/Earth! (and other mapping software)

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googlemapsshenanigans is for all of interesting, funny, or otherwise unusual things you see on Google Maps! (or any map software)

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Just check this

8 Comments
2025/02/01
23:59 UTC

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Circle Of Trees

Here’s some New Mexico lore, the Circle Of Trees

I was stationed at Cannon Air Force Base from 2016-2020. I worked with a veteran that told me about all the occult activity that allegedly took place at the Circle Of Trees.

I never went into it myself but I asked other locals around my age and were always told by their parents to stay away from it.

0 Comments
2025/02/01
21:18 UTC

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The parking lot flooded so long that GMaps considers it a national landmark

9 Comments
2025/02/01
13:08 UTC

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Some new island forming between Russia and Alaska! Can't wait to go there on vacation.

0 Comments
2025/02/01
06:08 UTC

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Someone put a picture of their cat for a town on Google

3 Comments
2025/01/31
07:01 UTC

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Worker painting railway crossing barrier

2 Comments
2025/01/29
18:49 UTC

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Straight out of a fever dream

11 Comments
2025/01/29
13:14 UTC

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Anyone know what these are?

Some pink spots in Russia, was just wondering what these indicate.

9 Comments
2025/01/29
06:32 UTC

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Found this in Michigan on Google satellite

3 Comments
2025/01/29
05:28 UTC

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GODZILLAS IN RUSSIA

Three Godzillas

TLDR; I found monster-looking things in a lake owned by Putin and his closest comrades for their vacation homes.

I was searching around Maps and was looking at the many beautiful circular lakes surrounding Kochevaya (62.446792, 73.111367) when I searched some of the lakes up to see some better pictures online. The Russian word for lake is "Ozero" (озеро) That's when I reached the Wikipedia term for Ozero, which is about not the lake itself, but the people surrounding it. The "Dacha Consumer Cooperative" (дачный потребительский кооператив)(1) otherwise known as "Ozero". I hadn't before heard of this 'cooperative' In Lake Komsomolskoye (Комсомольское озеро)(2) which, to be frank, is a whole other topic. The Wiki entry for the lake itself states it has a small group of islands, but I believe this refers to the group of 4 large islands in the northern section of the lake.

I was intrigued.

I began searching around Lake Komsomolskoye to see these gated communities and wanted to see what "vacation" looked like to someone across the globe, ESPECIALLY to a world leader. To be honest, I was a bit disappointed by the pictures I saw online, it looks almost exactly like any mid-west 'vacation' destination. Very nice don't get me wrong, but didn't blow me away.

But that's when I saw these things? in the middle of the lake? (60.781365, 30.067601)

I'm assuming from looking at them that these are some sort of island or floating mess of plant-like matter (I saw similar shapes near the surrounding edges of the lake) I wanted to see them for myself. I immediately started looking online for images of the open lake. Unfortunately, this lake and its surrounding areas are quite safeguarded for you-know-who and his buddies, so much so that "Access to this territory is closed in violation of the Russian law."(2)

BUT TELLK ME THIS SHIT ISN'T SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE OF NOT ONE, NOTT TWO, BUT THREE FUCKING GODZILLAS IN TTHE MIDDLE OF FUCKINGH EURASIA??? WHAT MORE DO YOU NEED??? LOOK ATT THOSE SONS OF BITCHES BRO THERESF SPIKES ON THE BACK AND EVERYTHIFNG??? ALSO WHERE PUTIN AND THE RUSSIAN OLIGARCHY SPENDS THEI'RE 'FREE TIME'????

I rest my case, proof of the Godzilla Trio and their partnership with the very rich Russian travel business, doing god knows what.

Seriously though, can someone tell me what these are?

(1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozero
(2) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Komsomolskoye

5 Comments
2025/01/29
05:13 UTC

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Weird camera glitch

10 Comments
2025/01/28
21:21 UTC

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Nesting doll building

On the China/Russia border

6 Comments
2025/01/28
19:18 UTC

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Baby plen

Air New Zealand A320

1 Comment
2025/01/28
04:27 UTC

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Back into the ether after a quick shop.

3 Comments
2025/01/28
00:28 UTC

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The great divide (never seen snow on Google maps in my area before)

0 Comments
2025/01/27
23:09 UTC

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What’s this creepy stuff happening in LA?

31 Comments
2025/01/27
09:49 UTC

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Found this weird rock formation in the middle of the Sahara (tribe maybe? also location is 16°51'52"N 11°57'15"E)

7 Comments
2025/01/27
02:39 UTC

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R4 update: NO POLITICS!

Rule 3 is updated to include political discussions. There is a place for politics, and that place is not here. There are hundreds of subreddits for that. This is a light hearted community, for funny content. Politics does not need to invade every single space on the internet.

Content inherently political in nature will be removed. Political discussions are not allowed.

This will be applied very conservatively, as long as you aren’t posting something intentionally inflammatory or discussing politics it will be fine.

5 Comments
2025/01/26
20:20 UTC

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Lil double bird for the google car

Was having lunch with my lady and spotted the Google earth car. First reaction was this because I’m super matured

1 Comment
2025/01/26
17:33 UTC

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Polish house corner belongs to the international border with Belarus

0 Comments
2025/01/26
05:44 UTC

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Can someone explain ( this is real !! ) 31.5433321, 34.5446688

31.5433321, 34.5446688

29 Comments
2025/01/26
05:25 UTC

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This might be dumb but what is this discolored thing in the Northern Red Sea? 27.9842602, 34.4807709

It looks like a fucking whale, it's massive. It can be seen from far away. A boat a few km to the northeast is about the same size. What could this be?

2 Comments
2025/01/26
04:27 UTC

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is that so?

1 Comment
2025/01/25
23:57 UTC

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