15 Coolest Google Earth Finds

[nerdbrain]

Dubbed the "Badlands Guardian" by locals, this geological marvel (Google Earth coordinates 50.010083,-110.113006) in Alberta, Canada, bears an uncanny resemblance to a human head wearing a full Native American headdress--and earphones, to boot. Of course, The Guardian was produced naturally




A synthetic wonder that can be truly appreciated only from above, this giant man-shaped lake (-21.805149,-49.089977) is located near Bauru, Brazil.






This heart-shaped island in the Adriatic became a hit on Google Earth for Valentine's Day. The uninhabited island is only 130,000 square yards and is called Galesnjak. The owner didn't even know how perfectly this island off the Croatian coast was until he was swamped with requests from couples to stay there





Rhett Dashwood, a graphic designer from Australia, created the first Google Maps alphabet, featuring all 26 letters, using satellite images of natural features and buildings





Some of the sights you find in Google Earth are just plain mysterious. For example, why is a fighter jet parked (Google Earth coordinates 48.825183,2.1985795) in what looks to be a residential neighborhood lot near Paris?
NOTE: our reader Guilhem told us it "must be located at a Dassault Syst?me office. It's an old Mirage and I know for a fact that there is a Dassault office there", while another reader, Roland, argues "it's a full scale model of a Mirage 2000 on a campus of the




This is a US Navy building in Coronado, Ca. that was unintentionally built in the shape of a swastika. Now, because of a public uproar, the Navy will be spending $600,000 to alter the shape of the building. (32.676454,-117.157731)




As if Oprah Winfrey's celebrity weren't already big enough, an Arizona farmer built a 10-acre homage to the talk show host (Google Earth coordinates 33.225488,-111.5955).




the osmington white horse near weymouth, dorset. coordinates: 50.6574? N, 2.4044? W.



This is a google earth bug, you can see a car parked on the wall
Google Earth coordinates 52.069207,4.3139865


In this curious photo we see what it seems to be a quadruped drawn on the top of a mountain. Probably what we are really watching are the excavations of some mine.

The coordinates to see the image in Google Earth are 31 39 45.70N, 106 35 16.31W



It seems that a farmer in England wanted to send a message to the entire world and he decided to write it on his field...

The coordinates to locate the image are 53.5387878616,-1.34678606976

Close to the field of the photo above, we can observe this design with circles without apparent meaning.

The coordinates to locate the image are 53?31 ' 57.17" N, 1?21 ' 21.39" W



3.Weird Circles : 39?39'38.05"N 115?58'33.73"W

7.Sea Creature 1 : 8?59'6.70"N 79? 8'19.45"W (unzoom or zoom and
check the shape in ocean)

Jesus Loves You : 43?38'46.09"N 115?59'35.81"W

10.Bush Pilot (Secret Plane) : 45?24'28.31"N 123? 0'27.67"W


John Travolta's House : 29?16'40.94"N 82? 7'1.82"W


33 44?17.45″N 112 38?0.17″W Massive Triangle carved into mountains


Portal: 52?31'17.79"N 5?43'59.40"E ?????? very strange ?

37?10'35.96"N 116? 2'44.32"W......Nuclear Test sites in the US desert (Nevada?) Area 51 is just to the east.

nerdbrain Reviewed by nerdbrain on 23rd Jul 2012. 15 Coolest Google Earth Finds http://4.firepic.org/4/images/2012-07/23/n36czehxh3sc.jpg Dubbed the "Badlands Guardian" by locals, this geological marvel (Google Earth coordinates 50.010083,-110.113006) in Alberta, Canada, bears an uncanny resemblance to a human head wearing a full Native American headdress--and earphones, to boot. Of course, The Guardian was produced naturally http://2.firepic.org/2/images/2012-07/23/yd1eu0rgmdq7.jpg A synthetic wonder that can be truly appreciated only from above, this giant Rating: 5

[PlusOne]

Nice share...

[msk19994]

Awesome share but where are the pics for

3.Weird Circles : 39?39'38.05"N 115?58'33.73"W

7.Sea Creature 1 : 8?59'6.70"N 79? 8'19.45"W (unzoom or zoom and
check the shape in ocean)

Jesus Loves You : 43?38'46.09"N 115?59'35.81"W

10.Bush Pilot (Secret Plane) : 45?24'28.31"N 123? 0'27.67"W


John Travolta's House : 29?16'40.94"N 82? 7'1.82"W


33 44’17.45″N 112 38’0.17″W Massive Triangle carved into mountains


Portal: 52?31'17.79"N 5?43'59.40"E ?????? very strange ?

37?10'35.96"N 116? 2'44.32"W......Nuclear Test sites in the US desert (Nevada?) Area 51 is just to the east.

[hatem20]

Unbelievable!

[nerdbrain]

msk19994, you can find them, cause I have god lots of urls, and I could not
screencaps, just copy coordinates and put them in maps.google.com
you can see it by zooming or unzooming (depends on)

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31 15'15.53N 24 15'30.53W., they say this is collapse of atlantis



Without a doubt, the best thing that ever happened to crop circles is Google Earth. This circle in the desert just outside Beatty, Nevada (Google Earth coordinates 37.401437,-116.86773), is one of hundreds spotted with the software.



When all the satellite pics are stitched together to allow users to pan continuously in mapping programs, there are frequently some funky effects which can happen at transition edges. One common phenomenon is when two pics taken at different angles are spliced together, causing tall buildings and other structures to appear to be leaning sharply. This is called the “Escher Effect,” and this sample comes from downtown Dallas:

you can find more escher effect photos from here

http://www.nodalbits.com/bits/google...escher-effect/




This more likely looks like Airplane Graveyard but in really, it is a e Davis-Monthan Air Force Base outside Tuscon, Ariz where more than 4,000 military aircraft and planes are parked on the base. 32 08'59.96" N 110 50'09.03"W



you can see from here

http://googlesightseeing.com/maps?p=...86.620266&z=17



Portrait of Ghenghis Khan 47.88564,106.926488 (zoom the map and rotate it with 180?)

you can see very nice 3D Google Street View Sightseeing

http://googlesightseeing.com/streetviews/

there are over 2000+ 3D google street views above.
Watch them one by one, and see how fantastic they are

[rocky12]

Really these are Awesome.

[sniffdog]

This is a google earth bug, you can see a car parked on the wall
Google Earth coordinates 52.069207,4.3139865

You shouldn't believe everything you read. This is actually a Dutch art project.

[nerdbrain]

thanks I did not know but this is real a bug of google has lots.

[Gooseman]

Navy building? Ahahah, nice one.

[CyberAff]

awesome share man