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,
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. (Link)
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.
(Link Photo)
This fingerprint can be found in Hove
Park, near Brighton and Hove in the UK. It measures 38 metres around.
Imagine the size of the hand. (Link)
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. (Link)
Lion, at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo located at Whipsnade, near Dunstable in Bedfordshire, England. (Link)
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 Système 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 university of Paris Photo
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.(Link)
In the early days of Firefox, a few
devoted fans wanted to generate more PR for their beloved site and so
gathered a team of people in Amity, Oregon, to recreate the Firefox logo
in a field; their very own fox crop. (Link)
Last year, one of the Google Earth
Community members called 'ear1grey' posted an amazing discovery. He
found a huge picture (36 miles tall) of Santa! (Link)
So here's a giant Ipod Shuffle! It
looks like a farmer's field with a horse pen or something on it? Either
that or a hard core apple enthusiast. Unfortunately, it looks like he
moved the pen on the map since it was first spotted.
Google Earth doesn't have advertising,
unless you consider the corporate logos and trademarks big enough to be
seen from space. Check out this massive Coca-Cola logo
(-18.529225,-70.25002) etched into a hillside of Chile with 70,000 Coke
bottles. Haven't they heard of recycling? (Link)
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). (Link)
Too late now, huh? (Link)
