GOOGLE EARTH BLACKOUT AND THE SECRET SITES THEY DON’T WANT YOU TO SEE

There's definitely presumably that Google Earth satellites are a definitive spying device. 

With the guide of a PC anybody can just key in an address and have a meddlesome around getting up near probably the most well known places on earth. 

Yet, while you can hit up the White House, Buckingham Palace, the Egyptian Pyramids, the Great Wall of China and even get a 10,000 foot perspective of The Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang at the snap of a mouse – some mapped destinations are totally outside the field of play. 

Trick scholars have revealed a large group of destinations online that are clouded through pixelation, obscuring or have an instance of aggregate wipe out. 

We've picked some of those destinations and gone off camera to discover why they are so unthinkable. 

Bacillus anthracis Island – Gruinard, Scotland



Bacillus anthracis island: Gruinard in Scotland is a dead zone in the wake of testing was directed (Image: Mirrorpix) 

This little, oval-formed Scottish island is a little more than a mile long and not as much as a mile wide, however in the event that you attempt to sharpen in you won't discover much. 

Situated in Gruinard Bay, about somewhere between Gairloch and Ullapool, it has been uninhabited for quite a long time after British researchers detonated a progression of Bacillus anthracis bombs there amid the Second World War.



Quit for the day: is as near Gruinard Island as you will get on Google Maps (Image: Google Maps) 

They tried the synthetic weapons on 60 sheep every one of whom kicked the bucket inside days. 

While it was "disinfected" in 1990 – it was closed for five decades previously this and right up 'til today remains a Google Earth puzzle – also a restricted area. 

Roswell – New Mexico, United States



Crash site: the Roswell UFO Museum Sign is there for all to see (Image: Getty) 

Roswell is a standout amongst the most outstanding UFO locates on the planet however attempt and take a crest at what it would appear that from the sky on Google Earth and you'll discover trouble. 

This world-popular New Mexico people group ended up plainly famous in 1947 when a United States Air Force 'reconnaissance expand' slammed at a farm close by.



Power outage: attempt and zoom into Roswell and you will experience issues on Google Earth (Image: Google Maps) 

In those days there were numerous reports that an "extraterrestrial spaceship" had slammed – and the military were immediately blamed for being associated with a conceal in the wake of asserting the occurrence included a climate expand. 

Later in the 1970's there was more claims an outsider rocket had crash-landed and that the outsiders were taken to a mystery office. 

Garden of Gethsemane – Jerusalem, Israel



Beautiful: the Garden of Gethsemane in Jerusalem as it looks from the ground (Image: AFP)
Gethsemane or גת שמנים‎ in Hebrew is one of the most sacred Christian pilgrimage sites on the planet.
Mentioned in both the Gospel of Matthew and the Gospel of Mark it is said to be the garden where Jesus spent the night before he was crucified.
Covered in olive trees, some of which are 900 years old, it is situated at the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem, Israel.
Obscured: the garden of Gethsemane where Jesus is said to have spent his last night is a blur (Image: Google Maps)
Its exact location has been disputed over the years with some historians claiming it’s a few hundred yards north of its current site.
As well as being the place Jesus is thought to have settled the night before he died, it’s also said the Virgin Mary was buried there before being assumed to heaven.
But while millions of pilgrims have made it to the site to see for themselves – on Google Earth it’s all a bit of a blur.
Narssarssuk – Arctic Circle, Greenland
Artic circle: while it’s a draw for explorers some parts of Greenland are blurred out on Google Earth(Image: PA)
The 1968 Thule Air Base crash was one of the most shocking in history and was probably one of the most contaminated.
A B-52 aircraft carrying four hydrogen bombs came down after a fire started and forced the crew to abandon the plane over Baffin Bay near Narssarssuk.
While six crew of the members ejected safely one did not have an ejection seat and was killed trying to bail out.
Out of focus: Narsaarsuk cannot be seen clearly from the Google Earth posting (Image: Google Maps)
The nuclear weapon carrying bomber crashed onto sea ice in the North Star Bay causing its on-board explosives to detonate, which in turn caused the nuclear material to rupture and disperse making the entire site contaminated with plutonium.
Nowadays you’d be hard pushed to see what it looks like using satellite imagery.
Mururoa and Fangataufa atolls – French Polynesia, South Pacific
Bomb site: a Nuclear bomb explosion over Mururoa atoll, French Polynesia, Pacific Ocean

These beautiful atolls, located on the eastern edge of French Polynesia are around 620 miles away from Tahiti, the west coast of the United States, Latin America and the east coast of Australia.
And while they look like the perfect place to go on holiday in fact they are some of the most deadly sites on earth thanks to France.
Unclear: the site of the Fangataufa atoll is out of focus on Google Earth (Image: Google Maps)
Shockingly 193 nuclear test experiments were conducted there from 1966 to 1996, including 137 underground tests which were lowered into the lagoons.
Over the years many studies have been done to identify the damage and France has been urged to clean up the environmental damage which still exists.
Volkel Air Base – The Netherlands
Coloured in: Volkel Air Force base looks like someone took crayons to it (Image: Google Maps)

Volker is one site which has been digitally obscured from viewable satellite map services. According to reports the site was outed by WikiLeaks as having nuclear weapons on site.
And while it’s quite often used for air shows and by the Dutch Royal Air Force it’s presence is somewhat controversial.
Ground base: a military helicopter is pictured at Volkel Air Base (Image: AFP)
It’s well known that it has 22 tactical nuclear bombs which are said to be owned by its ally the USA, it was a strategic centre during the cold war, but in latter years has been described by the country’s former Prime Minister as “absolutely pointless”.
It is home to two F-16 Fighting Falcon squadrons, 312 and 313 as well as a traumahelicopter operated by ANWB Medical Air Assistance.
Medina – Hejaz, Saudi Arabia

Holy City: the city of Medina looks different from the ground (Image: Getty)
Medina or المدينة المنورة‎ in Arabic is also known as “The Radiant City” but you wouldn’t be able to tell that from this Google Earth image.
Based in Hejaz, Al Madinah Region, Saudi Arabia, it is one of the most sacred places on earth for Muslims.
The Prophet Muhammad’s went to Medina during his Hijrah or long journey from Mecca.
Non-Muslims are forbidden from going inside the sacred core of Medina but they are welcome in the city centre.



Medina: Medina was Prophet Muhammad’s destination after his Hijrah from Mecca (Image: Google)

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