- Website like Google Earth
let you explore many marvels that the world has to offer from the comfort of your own home. But, when you put a program
like this in enough hands, soon enough you'll have people
pointing out that the world isn't just full of beautiful
and breathtaking sites. In fact, some of them
are downright disturbing. (mysterious music) Here are the 10 Creepiest
Places on Google Earth. Number 10 is Blood Lake. This sinister-looking,
crimson red-colored lake is called Lago Vermelho. Located just outside of
Sadr City, a suburb district of Baghdad in Iraq, it
garnered a fair share of macabre speculation when
it was first noticed in 2007. According to information
received from one source, there are a number of
slaughterhouses surrounding the lake. Others have suggested
that the area is cursed because of all of the war that has occurred there over the years. No one has offered an
official explanation, but, when viewing the lake
on Google Earth today, the water has returned
back to a normal color, leaving the blood red lake to remain one of Google
Earth's many mysteries. Number nine is Phantom Island. There's a mysterious island that exists only as a faint outline on Google Earth, known as Sandy Island, and it has experts baffled to this day. It was first charted back
on September 15th of 1774 by Captain James Cook as being located in the eastern Coral Sea off
northeast coast of Australia. In 1876, a whaling ship
also reported the island, and it was noted on several
maps in the 19th century. In time, sea charts began
emending these maps, placing the letters, E
D, next to the island, which means existence doubtful. The official undiscovery came in 2012 when Australian scientists
failed to find Sandy Island. On November 26, 2012, Google removed the
island from Google Maps. However, a visible rise from the seabed still exists on Google Earth, and no official explanation exists explaining this phenomenon. Number eight is Airplane Graveyard. Since World War I, achieving
and maintaining air superiority has been considered essential for victory in conventional warfare. With their superior speed
and maneuverability, military aircraft are the staple of armies throughout the world. Their history and evolution
is one filled with secrets, victories and, of course, many failures. The Davis-Monthan Air Force Base outside of Tucson, Arizona,
is where old planes go to die. Chosen for its arid climate which slows the planes' degradation, it's home to a huge variety
of retired aerospace vehicles, nearly 5,000 of them to be exact. Many of them are nuclear
capable, retired as a result of arms reduction treaties
throughout the years. You can spot everything from
B-52s to B-1s and F-111s that once carried nuclear
arms, to more recent additions like F-14 Tomcats, which were
retired for good in 2006. Number seven is Scientology Base. A satellite view of New Mexico shows two mysterious interlocking circles with diamond shapes in the middle of them. They're thought to be the
marker of Scientology followers to find their way back from the farthest corner of the universe. Known as Trementina Base,
it is allegedly the spot where the writings and
archives of L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of the movement, are preserved for eternity
inside titanium capsules. The compound has only been open to a non-Scientology
member once on record. Tim Gallegos, ex-police chief
of the Las Vegas, New Mexico, sheriff's department, was
given a tour of the vault by church officials in the late 1990s. Gallegos said that he didn't
see any signs of doing wrong, but noted his visit was
planned, making it easy for the officials to only
show what they wanted to. Number six is Cryptic
Markings in the Gobi Desert. An array of mysterious
structures and patterns etched into the surface
of China's Gobi Desert have sparked speculation from both fringe and mainstream media. Some have suggested that they might be Chinese weapons testing sites. Others have suggested
that they are street maps of Washington, DC, and New York City. Others still believe them to
be messages to or from aliens. The 19.8-meter-wide white lines that make up these cryptic
markings appear to be made of some sort of reflective
metal, but Jonathan Hill, a research technician,
observed that the lines have gaps in them, and they
are not perfectly filled in, with lots of little streaks
and uneven coverage. He thinks it's safe to say that
it's just some sort of paint being used as a spy satellite
collaboration target. However, no official explanation exists. Number five is Russia's icy
Jeannette Island is censored. If you navigate to the East
Siberian Sea using Google Earth, you'll notice a landmass that appears only as a black smudge,
known as Jeannette Island. Its history is a confusing
one, as it was first discovered in 1881 during an expedition led by American navy officer
and explorer, George De Long, and thus has been claimed
as American territory. However, following the
Imperial Russian Arctic Ocean Hydrographic Expedition of
1910, Russia publicly announced that Jeanette was part of
the Russian Federation. Administratively speaking,
the island now belongs to the Sakha Republic of
the Russian Federation, and the states have never
publicly disputed this claim. Many conspiracy theorists have suggested that this is an ideal location for a secret Russian military base, as it is relatively close
to Canada and the U.S. Number four is a Deserted
Island with a Shipwreck. Located between the Bay of
Bengal and the Andaman Sea, east of India and west of the countries of Myanmar and Thailand,
North Sentinel Island is one of the least developed
islands in the world, but is home to an indigenous
tribe known as the Sentinelese. In August of 1981, a
cargo ship ran aground on a coastal reef at the
northern tip of the island. After a few nights waiting for rescue, the crew was overjoyed when they spotted men running
towards them from the island. Their joy quickly,
however, turned to terror when they noticed these men were armed with spears, bows and arrows. Eventually, the crew was
airlifted to safety, but the boat was left behind and the
shipwreck lies there to date. The Sentinelese people
remain virtually untouched by any civilization, still today. Number three is the Myrtles Plantation. Built between 1796 and
1797, Myrtles Plantation in St. Francisville, Louisiana, was originally called Laurel Grove. Its claim to scare fame is that it's built on an ancient Indian burial ground. It's said to be home to 12
ghosts, as around a dozen people have had their lives taken while there. One of the most famous
ghosts spotted at the Myrtles is Chloe, a slave girl
who accidentally poisoned one of the original
families that lived there. Supposedly, Chloe's plan had been to put just enough oleander
into a birthday cake to make them ill, so
that she could nurse them back to health and thus win
over the family's trust. The house is open to the public
and available for bookings as an inn, even though
it retains its reputation as one of the most haunted
locations in America. Number two is the Devil's Face. There's only one city in North America ever to be completely
destroyed as an act of war. In 1864, General Sherman burned Atlanta, Georgia, to the ground. It was eventually reborn,
grew larger and evolved, becoming home to the
world's busiest airport and an increasingly
international population. It ranks as one of the
most religious places in the United States, so
imagine the fear and outrage when one day an Internet fan discovered what looked like a giant face
of Satan, using Google Earth, in the woodlands near the famous city. Beelzebub's portrait has been
spotted in famous paintings, sewage treatment pools,
Internet forum posts, and other random places, but never before in a satellite image. People quickly modified the terrain, literally erasing this
face from the Earth itself. And number one is the
Pentagram of Kazakhstan. Some perceive the pentagram
as a symbol of the occult, and it's still widely used during magic practices and ceremonies. It can be found in the official
logo of the Church of Satan, where it encloses the head of a goat. Keeping this in mind, it's
a bit troubling to know that a giant inverted pentagram, with a diameter of over 360
meters, is easily spotted when taking an aerial view
of a field in Kazakhstan, about 19 kilometers west of Lyoskovik. Was it the scene of some ancient
grand ritual or ceremony? It turns out it's actually
the outline of a park created not so long ago back in the days of the Soviet Union, which
has long since been abandoned. According to archeologist, Emma Usmanova, the Soviets commonly used
the shape as decoration, but is it simply a decoration, or is it something much more sinister? I'll leave that up to you to decide. Thank you to everyone for
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