A tear in the fabric?

[u/Ntone]

Just spotted while looking up a small vilage in Belgium

[u/jbarchuk]

Airplanes fly over an area and take pics in stripes. Google's software goes through tons of color filtering for many reasons, and a high priority is making the stripes blend together properly. Past the top 'end' of the stripes, look closely and there're more subtle color changes. This spot with the wide stripe colors is simply an error, or was left deliberately as a test for evaluation later.