4,000-year-old termite mounds found in Brazil are visible from space

Re:4,000-year-old termite mounds found in Brazil are visible... by pieterjands on Friday November 23, 2018 @05:55AM (#18515705)

here you go: https://www.google.be/maps/place/12%C2%B036'17.1%22S+40%C2%B...

edit: you can find the coordinates in the xlsx file they attached to the paper: https://www.cell.com/cms/10.1016/j.cub.2018.09.061/attachmen...

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Re:4,000-year-old termite mounds found in Brazil are visible... by oh_sigh on Friday November 23, 2018 @05:01PM (#18519155)

If you click on the post office of the closest town and look at the images, the town looks nice and clean, but there is literally not a human soul to be found. What's going on there? https://www.google.be/maps/place/Ubiraita/@-12.589317,-41.00...

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Re:4,000-year-old termite mounds found in Brazil are visible... by Namari on Friday November 23, 2018 @11:32AM (#18517399)

Thanks, we barely see them, if I had not know I wouldn't have figured it out, and it's not even visible from a high altitude :| We've been all clickbaited

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