4/26/05 | 10:21 am | Giant Spark
I’ve seen a number of these weird “google defects” when surfing around. I’m not sure if this is some sort of problem with the satellite transmission, google’s stiching algorithm, or an honest to goodness reflection of sunlight. It’s interesting in that it’s in the shape of a cross almost… anyone know what can cause that? This was submitted by Alex P. who was going to give you the super ambiguous word clue of “Canada Suburbs”, but I thought that would probably be a little too hard, so I’ll give you an additional hint of “Longueuil”… rolls right off the tongue, don’t it. Longueuil Tongue. Har…
In any case, I’m not going to post too many of these google defects because chances are, they’ll go away when google gets new satellite maps and then I’ll be left with a bunch of clues that can’t be found! And that would net me a lot of angry emails…
Clue Name : Giant Spark
Submitted by: Alex P.
Status : Solved
First Solved By : Colin P., Jason C., Dan S., Shawn D., ExcelsiorWord Clues : “Longueuil”
Magnification Needed: 12/15
Difficulty : 5/10
April 26th, 2005 at 1:49 pm
I’ll try to find what it is and get back to you. I’m addicted to this now.
April 26th, 2005 at 2:05 pm
Oops, did I put this in the wrong place? Twice.
April 26th, 2005 at 2:08 pm
no prob, i just took out the url. i missed it the first time i looked at it.
April 26th, 2005 at 7:00 pm
It is a sunlight reflection, the flare is a classic saturation pattern in the CCD sensor. Probably a small pond. When Google updates the image this will dissapear.
April 26th, 2005 at 10:46 pm
My guess, given the nature of the neighborhood, is that it’s a swimming pool. Note the other backyard pools visible in the shot.