Did Google’s Street View Pinpoint The Gates Of Hell?

A reddit user shared an interesting find on Google Maps Street View. If you go to the point: 30.744344, -88.103524, it returns a location along Interstate 65 in Alabama. In the shoulder there is a mys...
Did Google’s Street View Pinpoint The Gates Of Hell?
Written by Chris Crum
  • A reddit user shared an interesting find on Google Maps Street View. If you go to the point: 30.744344, -88.103524, it returns a location along Interstate 65 in Alabama. In the shoulder there is a mysterious orange blob.

    Orange Blob on Google Maps

    If you zoom in, you see some very weird imagery. Here are a couple different angles:

    Google Street View Hell

    This is when you rotate to look up:

    Street View Hell

    It’s possible that the object is a cone or something that somehow hit or covered the camera lens. We’ve been unable to confirm.

    Google did clarify some Donkey-related imagery recently. Of course, there is no apparent animal-killing PR diaster here.

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