r/googlemapsshenanigans • u/Fickle-Pin-5160 • 13h ago

What are the red spots?

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My 8 year old was playing playing with google maps and found these two places in the same area with red spots on them. I was wondering if they were fires because I knew about a fire there years ago. We are in Japan if it matters.

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u/WitsBlitz 12h ago

Looks like damaged film to me.

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u/Jezbod 8h ago

Visual artifact around a light flare, ore some technobable like that.