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Sunday, June 10, 2012 Scientists 'discover' legendary lost White City of gold in dense Central American jungle thanks to advanced laser mapping A team of scientists using advanced laser mapping have detailed a remote region of Honduras that may have revealed the legendary lost city of Ciudad Blanca, known as the 'White City' of gold. Researchers from the University of Houston and the National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping (NCALM) flew over the Mosquitia region in a small plane shooting billions of laser pulses at the ground to create a 3D digital map of the topology beneath the jungle canopy. Compiling their data, the analysts revealed what appears to be man-made elevation changes that are thought to show a forgotten city plaza dotted with pyramids reclaimed by the jungle. According to legend, Ciudad Blanca or the 'White City' is full of gold and has been sought out by explorers and treasure hunters since conquistador Hernando Cortes first made reference to it in a 1526 letter to King Charles V of Spain. Inspired by this legend, cinematographer and Ciudad Blanca enthusiast Steven Elkins sought backing from private investors to pay for the team at NCLAM to use their laser mapping technology to chart the forest floor of Mosquitia. Over the course of a week, the NCALM and University of Houston engineers flew over 60 square miles of forest in their dual-engine Cessna planes. And at the end of each day, the data was transferred to Bill Carter, a University of Houston engineer who works with the NCLAM. He discovered the first indications of what appeared to be man-made structures in the jungle. Read More Researchers from the University of Houston and the National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping (NCALM) flew over the Mosquitia region in a small plane shooting billions of laser pulses at the ground to create a 3D digital map of the topology beneath the jungle canopy. Compiling their data, the analysts revealed what appears to be man-made elevation changes that are thought to show a forgotten city plaza dotted with pyramids reclaimed by the jungle. According to legend, Ciudad Blanca or the 'White City' is full of gold and has been sought out by explorers and treasure hunters since conquistador Hernando Cortes first made reference to it in a 1526 letter to King Charles V of Spain. Inspired by this legend, cinematographer and Ciudad Blanca enthusiast Steven Elkins sought backing from private investors to pay for the team at NCLAM to use their laser mapping technology to chart the forest floor of Mosquitia. Over the course of a week, the NCALM and University of Houston engineers flew over 60 square miles of forest in their dual-engine Cessna planes. And at the end of each day, the data was transferred to Bill Carter, a University of Houston engineer who works with the NCLAM. He discovered the first indications of what appeared to be man-made structures in the jungle. Read More Posted by Lynsey at 3:36 AM Categories: FINANCIAL EVENTS, UNEXPLAINED/WEIRD
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TEGUCIGALPA - Znanstvenici sa Sveučilišta u Houstonu i Nacionalnog Centra za zračnu lasersku kartografiju vjeruju da su otkrili legendarni izgubljeni grad Ciudad Blanca, znan kao ‘Bijeli grad’ zlata, piše Daily Mail. Tim znanstvenika pregledavao je udaljenu regiju Hondurasa, Mosquitiu, u malom zrakoplovu, te su izrađivali detaljne topografske karte uz pomoć lasera. Nakon analize podataka, pronašli su pravokutnu ravan koja je vrlo vjerojatno djelo ljudskih ruku, usred područja koje je danas u potpunosti prekriveno džunglom. Prema legendi, Ciudad Blanca je grad pun zlata, kojega su tražili istraživači i lovci na blago još od kad ga je konkvistador Hernando Cortes prvi put spomenuo u pismu Španjolskom Kralju Charlesu V. 1526. godine. Filmaš i entuzijast Ciudad Blance Steven Elkins skupio je novac privatnih investitora kako bi platio timu znanstvenika da odrade lasersku topografiju šumskog tla u Mosquitiji. Laserska kartografija prethodno se koristila za prikupljanje informacija nakon potresa, vojnu špijunažu i za oktrivanje erozije rijeka, no ovo je prvi put da je korištena za pronalaženje ruševina. Grad Ciudad Blanca ima važno mjesto u mitologiji Srednje Amerike. U tekstovima se navodi kao rodno mjesto astečkog boga Quetzalcoatla, i prethodna navodna viđenja tog grada opisuju zlatne idole i građevine od bijelog kamena, po čemu je grad i dobio ime. No, još uvijek ne postoji nikakva pouzdana potvrda da je grad uistinu postojao. Ako se najnovije otkriće pokaže istinitim, moglo bi privući novu lavinu arheologa i turista, kao što se desilo s otkrićem zaboravljenog grada Inka Machu Picchu u Peruu. No, iako su znanstvenici uzbuđeni zbog potencijalnog otkrića, koje je pozdravio i predsjednik Hondurasa Porfirio Lobo, biti će ga nemoguće potvrditi dok arheolozi ne krenu na opasno putovanje kroz gustu džunglu do mjesta gdje bi se ruševine mogle pronaći.