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It’s a little difficult to describe this thing which has been plopped into the middle of Bodensee (Lake Constance), Germany, as anything but a gigantic water pancake.
Has a meteorite crashed into the lake? Or has someone been crying over the images again? Over to you guys! 
Thanks to T. Maschler.
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Bodensee literally means floor sea. It is in the town Konstanz. Im not from that area, but i think it is not the name of the lake.
Sorry but this isn’t Teufelstisch. It’s not only in the wrong location, but it’s also far too large. This thing measures about 148m across it’s widest point and Teufelstisch is only 21m. The real Teufelstisch is here: Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth
I’m tempted to agree it’s some sort of smegma on the film this was scanned from, especially when taking into account all the other bits of stringy detritus found in the vicinity. But, the colors are too consistent with the surroundings, and there is a distinct shadow on the object. Shadows are only visible when light is passed over subjects at an angle different from the angle of view. Scanners by design do not induce shadows, otherwise you’d get some nasty reflections off the different layers of glass/film/etc the light must pass through before hitting the sensor.
I’m thinking it looks suspiciously like a fingerprint, a smudged fingerprint - like maybe what you’d get if you jabbed a finger at a piece of film that wasn’t completely fixed yet and moved some of the emulsion out of place. Any clear areas on the negative will turn out black when it’s turned into a positive, and dark areas turn light. If you grab a screen shot and invert the colors in your favorite graphics software you might see what I mean.
I’m still not 100% sure tho.. but if not this, then an extremely large and highly flatulent fish is responsible… best not to smoke in the area..
A giant hydrogen bubble from a concealed underwater tank dating back from times when Dr Hugo Eckner constructed his Zeppelins there… (just kidding).
Couldn’t it just be an underwater plateau?
Judging from how it’s light on the left and dark on the right, i’d say that if it was, it would be rising from right to left.
For those debating the name….I spent my summer there.
In Germany it is called the Bodensee, period.
I know that there’s sometimes earthquakes in this region. Could it be one?
Or maybe it’s a “volcanic bud”, like the Kaiserstuhl (Germany), not far from Bodensee?
It’s gone!!! Conspiracy!!!