>>>>>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20442487
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>>>>I heard this item on the news yesterday. One thing (apart from the obvious) seemed odd:
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>>>>They say it shows up on Google Earth - which I thought was entirely based on satellite or aerial images ?
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>>>I thought it may have been a junk island floating there at the time they took pictures, or an oil dump.
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>>What, exactly where the island had been shown on charts ?
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>Chicken or egg? Were the charts based on images?
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>OTOH, maybe the island was there once upon a time, then someone stole it :)

Might be the 'LOST' island.