View Full Version : Amazing Finds on Google Earth
aspundir
12-02-2014, 05:21 PM
Google Earth (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Earth) is a virtual globe, map and geographical information program. It maps the Earth by the superimposition of images obtained from satellite imagery, aerial photography and geographic information system (GIS) 3D globe. Just like their data-rich Maps and Street View offerings, Google Earth is a treasure trove of oddities.
You’ve no doubt already come across some interesting finds on Google Earth. The post below attempts to compile the most fascinating sites other have stumbled upon browsing Google Earth. From natural formations to human structures, the world is a different place when viewed from above.
If you’re interested in seeing any of the places yourself, I’ve included the coordinates for every image shown below. Just copy and paste into Google Earth/Maps and explore for yourself!
1. Airplane Boneyard
32 08’59.96″ N, 110 50’09.03″W
Tucson, Arizona
http://twistedsifter.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/airplane-boneyard-tucson-arizona-google-earth.jpg
aspundir
12-02-2014, 05:22 PM
2. Mysterious Desert Pattern
27°22’50.10″N, 33°37’54.62″E
Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
http://twistedsifter.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/crop-circle-egypt-google-earth-strange.jpg
aspundir
12-02-2014, 05:23 PM
3. Swastika-Shaped Building Complex
32°40’34.19″N 117° 9’27.58″W
Coronado, California, USA
http://twistedsifter.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/swastika-shaped-building-coronado-california-google-earth-maps.jpg
aspundir
12-02-2014, 05:23 PM
Buffalo Herd
4°17’21.49″ S 31°23’46.46″ E
Kigosi Game Reserve, Tanzania
http://twistedsifter.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/buffalo-herd-google-earth.jpg
aspundir
12-02-2014, 05:23 PM
Giant Triangle
33.747252, -112.633853
Wittmann, Arizona, USA
http://twistedsifter.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/giant-triangle-google-earth.jpg
aspundir
12-02-2014, 05:24 PM
Shipwrecked SS Ayrfield with Trees
-33.836379, 151.080506
Homebush Bay, Sydney, Australia
http://twistedsifter.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/shipwreck-forest-google-earth.jpg
aspundir
12-02-2014, 05:24 PM
The Badlands Guardian
50° 0’38.20″N 110° 6’48.32″W
Walsh, Alberta, Canada
http://twistedsifter.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/side-profile-of-a-face-google-earth.jpg
aspundir
12-02-2014, 05:24 PM
Parking Lot for Fighter Jets
33.927911, -118.38069
El Segundo, California, USA
http://twistedsifter.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/el-segundo-airplanes-parking-lot.jpg
aspundir
12-02-2014, 05:24 PM
Firefox Logo
45° 7’25.87″N 123° 6’48.97″W
Dayton, Oregon, USA
http://twistedsifter.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/firefox-logo-google-earth.jpg
aspundir
12-02-2014, 05:24 PM
Guitar-Shaped Forest
-33.867886, -63.987
Córdoba, Argentina
http://twistedsifter.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/guitar-forest-google-earth.jpg
aspundir
12-02-2014, 05:25 PM
Heart-Shaped Lake
41.303921, -81.901693
Columbia Station, Ohio, USA
http://twistedsifter.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/heart-shaped-lake-google-earth.jpg
aspundir
12-02-2014, 05:25 PM
Mysterious Desert Pattern
40.452107, 93.742118
China
http://twistedsifter.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/40-45210793-strange-google-earth.jpg
aspundir
12-02-2014, 05:25 PM
Giant Target
37.563936, -116.85123
Nevada, USA
http://twistedsifter.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/giant-target.jpg
aspundir
12-02-2014, 05:25 PM
World’s Biggest Pool
-33.350534, -71.653268
Algarrobo, ValparaÃ*so, Chile
http://twistedsifter.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/worlds-biggest-pool-chile.jpg
aspundir
12-02-2014, 05:26 PM
Jesus Loves You
43.645074, -115.993081
Boise National Forest, Boise, Idaho, USA
http://twistedsifter.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/jesus-loves-you-google-earth.jpg
aspundir
12-02-2014, 05:26 PM
Lion King
51.848637, -0.55462
Dunstable LU6 2LD, UK
http://twistedsifter.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/lion-google-earth.jpg
aspundir
12-02-2014, 05:26 PM
Turkish Flag
35.282902, 33.376891
Kyrenia, Cyprus
http://twistedsifter.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/turkish-flag-in-cyprus.jpg
aspundir
12-02-2014, 05:26 PM
Star Fort
Schansdijk 5, 4655 De Heen, The Netherlands
http://twistedsifter.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/star-fort-google-earth.jpg
aspundir
12-02-2014, 05:26 PM
Potash Ponds
38°29’0.16″N 109°40’52.80″W
Moab, Utah, USA
http://twistedsifter.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/potash-pools-google-earth.jpg
aspundir
12-02-2014, 05:27 PM
Mysterious Pattern
37.629562, -116.849556
Nevada, USA
http://twistedsifter.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/tri-circle-google-earth.jpg
aspundir
12-02-2014, 05:27 PM
The Whampoa Boat-Shaped Shopping Centre
22°18’14.15″N, 114°11’24.66″E
Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong
http://twistedsifter.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/giant-ship-mall-google-earth.jpg
aspundir
12-02-2014, 05:27 PM
Russell Square
Bloomsbury, London, United Kingdom
http://twistedsifter.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/russel-square-london-uk-google-earth_2.jpg
aspundir
12-02-2014, 05:27 PM
Coca Cola Logo
-18.529211, -70.249941
Arica, Arica y Parinacota, Chile
http://twistedsifter.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/coca-cola-chile.jpg
aspundir
12-02-2014, 05:27 PM
Concentric Cirlces
39.623119, -107.635353
New Castle, Colorado, USA
http://twistedsifter.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/circular-patterns-in-a-field-google-earth.jpg
aspundir
12-02-2014, 05:27 PM
Island in a Lake in an Island in a Lake
69.793° N, 108.241° W
Northern Canada
http://twistedsifter.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/island-lake-island.jpg
aspundir
12-02-2014, 05:28 PM
Flipped Car
51°19’18.13″N, 6°34’35.64″E
Krefeld, Germany
http://twistedsifter.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/car-tipping.jpg
aspundir
12-02-2014, 05:28 PM
Strange Symbol
37.401573, -116.867808
Nevada, USA
http://twistedsifter.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/crop-circle-pattern-google-earth.jpg
aspundir
12-02-2014, 05:28 PM
Monkey Face
65.476721, -173.511416
Russia
http://twistedsifter.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/monkey-face-google-earth.jpg
aspundir
12-02-2014, 05:28 PM
Big Swimming Pool
52°29’52.24″N 13°27’13.67″E
Berlin, Germany
http://twistedsifter.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/swimming-pool-germany.jpg
aspundir
12-02-2014, 05:28 PM
A Most Phallic Buliding
41.84201, -89.485937
Dixon, Illinois, USA
http://twistedsifter.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/phallic-building.jpg
aspundir
12-02-2014, 05:29 PM
Big Friendly Giant
19°56’56.96″S 69°38’1.83″W
Huara, Tarapacá, Chile
http://twistedsifter.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/big-guy-google-earth-weird.jpg
aspundir
12-02-2014, 05:29 PM
Another Jet in a Parking Lot
48.825183, 2.1985795
92410 Ville-d’Avray, France
http://twistedsifter.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/jet-in-a-parking-lot.jpg
aspundir
12-02-2014, 05:29 PM
More Mysterious Desert Patterns
40.458148, 93.393145
China
http://twistedsifter.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/40-45814893-strange-google-earth-china.jpg
aspundir
12-02-2014, 05:29 PM
Shipwreck
30.541634, 47.825445
Basrah, Iraq
http://twistedsifter.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/shipwreck-iraq.jpg
aspundir
12-02-2014, 05:29 PM
Multiple Landing Strips in the Desert
32.663367, -111.487618
Eloy, Arizona, USA
http://twistedsifter.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/random-base-in-the-desert.jpg
aspundir
12-02-2014, 05:30 PM
Oil Fields
37°39’16.06″S 68°10’16.42″W
Rio Negro, Argentina
http://twistedsifter.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/argentina-oil-fields.jpg
aspundir
12-02-2014, 05:30 PM
Mattel Logo
33.921277, -118.391674
El Segundo, California
http://twistedsifter.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/mattel-logo-google-earth.jpg
aspundir
12-02-2014, 05:30 PM
Uluru / Ayers Rock
-25.344375, 131.034401
Northern Territory, Austrlia
http://twistedsifter.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/uluru-ayers-rock-google-earth.jpg
aspundir
12-02-2014, 05:30 PM
1:20 Scale Model of Disputed Border Region
between India and China
38.265652, 105.9517
Yong Ning Xian, Yinchuan, Ningxia, China
http://twistedsifter.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/mini-border-replica-china.jpg
aspundir
12-02-2014, 05:30 PM
UTA Flight 772 Desert Memorial
16.864841, 11.953808
Sahara Desert, southern Ténéré of Niger
http://twistedsifter.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/uta-flight-memorial.jpg
aspundir
12-02-2014, 05:31 PM
Heart-Shaped Land Formation
20°56’15.47″S, 164°39’30.56″E
New Caledonia
http://twistedsifter.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/heart-shaped-land-formation-strange-google-earth.jpg
aspundir
12-02-2014, 05:31 PM
Rainbow Plane
Cathy Terrace Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey , USA
http://twistedsifter.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/rainbow-plane.jpg
aspundir
12-02-2014, 05:31 PM
Barringer Meteor Crater
35.027185, -111.022388
Winslow, Arizona
http://twistedsifter.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/arizona-meteor-crater.jpg
aspundir
12-02-2014, 05:31 PM
Come Downtown and Play
35.141533, -90.052695
Memphis, Tennessee, USA
http://twistedsifter.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/come-downtown-and-play-google-earth.jpg
aspundir
12-02-2014, 05:31 PM
Hippo Pool
6°53’53.00″ S 31°11’15.40″ E
Katavi National Park, Tanzania
http://twistedsifter.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/hippo-pool.jpg
aspundir
12-02-2014, 05:32 PM
Solar Field
34.871778, -116.834192
Daggett, California
http://twistedsifter.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/solar-field.jpg
aspundir
12-02-2014, 05:32 PM
Giant US Flag
7300 Airport Blvd, Houston, TX 77061, USA
http://twistedsifter.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/murrica.jpg
aspundir
12-02-2014, 05:32 PM
Big Red Lips in the Desert
12°22’13.32″N, 23°19’20.18″E
Sudan
http://twistedsifter.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/red-lips-google-earth.jpg
aspundir
12-02-2014, 05:32 PM
Grand Prismatic Spring
44.525049, -110.83819
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA
http://twistedsifter.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/grand-prismatic-spring-yellowstone-natonal-park-on-google-earth.jpg
aspundir
12-02-2014, 05:32 PM
Batman Symbol
26.357896, 127.783809
Okinawa, Japan
http://twistedsifter.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/batman-symbol-google-earth.jpg
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