Google Sightseeing takes you on tour of the world as seen from satellite, using the free Google Earth program, or Google Maps in your web browser. Each weekday your guides James and Alex present new weird and wonderful sights as suggested by readers.
Jeff says:
This is located over a marsh in South Louisiana. This is the area where I sail, and I was scouting out possible anchorages when I saw these birds.
Someone apparently said in the comments that yes, this definitely is a flock of birds - geese in fact, picked up because they fly so high. So cool, thanks Jeff!
This form will auto-link URLs or you can use simple HTML, <a href="http://googlesightseeing.com">Like this</a>.
Link to specific places either as a Google Maps page or a decimal latitude and longitude written like this: lat/lng:55.949400,-3.200000.
If you've found an unrelated sight that you think should be posted in its own entry then use the suggestion form!
Jeff,
Please take me sailing with you.
Love,
Corey
If you’re in my area, I’ll be happy to. I hope to sail again on the 21st. Let me know.
Haha.. I live in Sioux Falls, SD. But if I’m in the area.. I’ll find you.
Jeff - you sail at the point?
happen to be a member of the CYC?
noj,
Yes, I’m a member, and the webmaster for the club’s site, cypremort.com
Fly my pretties! Fly!
Jeff,
Just checked out the website - it looks good. I remember you - I used to crew on Ed Williams boat, until he moved - you raced with us a few times if I remember correctly. Hope all is well at the club, its a part of my life I miss without Ed’s boat there for easy sailing (all I have is a small catamaran).
– jon
I don’t see why flying so high would make a difference if the photos were from satellites. Mountaineers routinely see them flying over the Himalayas at 28,000 feet (about 5 miles), but even the lowest Earth-orbiting satellites are about 125 miles out. At that distance, the difference between the ground and 5 miles is negligible. Any satellite that could pick them up at 28,000 feet could also do so at 28 feet. It seems more likely that these photos were taken from some sort of airplane.
Response to Izzy : Here is the proof that flying high make a difference.
Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth
Those pictures are take from a plane.
About the birds, why are they going to the west ? If you are in autumn, they’re supposed to go on the south, and if it’s springtime, they’re supposed to go to the north… Am I wrong ?
Response to DDA : The geese may not be migrating - more than likely they are on their way to their next feeding site.
Great shot though! Any more flocks seen anywhere else? Or any other large group of animals?