A huge "black hole" was found in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. The network is wondering what it is

A Redditor studying Google Maps stumbled upon a mysterious "black hole" in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, and no one

 can come to a consensusabout what it is. Reddit user kokoblocks posted a photo of a mysterious anomaly on the Google Maps subreddit, asking the community what it was: "What is this? It doesn't feel like an island at all."

According to Insider, several users contributed their ideas, which ranged from derisive to heartfelt speculation.

“Apparently the entrance to the Hollow Earth.Yeah,” one user responded, ridiculing the absurd Hollow Earth theory, which posits that the Earth is, well, hollow. Others claim that it is just an island. But how to explain the strange shape of the shadow?

Some said it was an artificial objectorigin or area of ​​ocean "censored". Google Maps blurring sensitive locations such as military bases is a fairly standard practice, and an air base on an island in the Pacific could very well exist.

Photo: OpenStreetMap, the free wiki world map. On the cover: PrintScreen Google Maps.

In fact, there is a black hole“in the ocean” there is indeed a usual explanation - as reported by Insider, this is the island of “Vostok” several hundred kilometers south of Hawaii. The island only looks black from a very high altitude, but if you zoom in, things start to clear up a little.

“What you see as black is actually very dark green, a very dense forest of Pisonia trees,” one Reddit user explained.

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