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Old 10-09-2008, 05:29 AM   #18
BarryC
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Default Re: Hollow Earth/google earth/proof? no

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Originally Posted by Phtha View Post
About google earth,
that is not a black hole but spherical UV maps that are placed on the sphere in
order to texture it. When uv mapping a sphere it is impossible to get a seemless
uv layout without those stretch marks on the poles. You will see the same thing on the other
side of the globe.
Correct, and the black disk that flashes briefly in the video was a software bug in an earlier version of Google Earth that has since been fixed. Plus, if you notice, the black disk covers part of the north of Greenland - it was a software error.
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