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Houston Zoo Elephant

Posted by Alex Turnbull, Monday, 20th February 2006

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No prizes for identifing this animal in Houston zoo, Texas – it’s an elephant!

Elephant Shadow

Thanks to Artemis and Dave Garcia.

7 Responses to 'Houston Zoo Elephant'

  1. No sign of METRO’s “Danger Train” on Main or Fannin there… images are at least three years old.

  2. alame says:

    thats an awesome sight.

    Question: how good is this going to get? I mean resolution, are we going to eventually be able to get to see number plates or is there going to be a point where they stop getting better?

  3. James says:

    So awesome that when you zoom in on your house, you can see through the roof and watch yourself from satelite in real time. That would be creepy.

    I think this is probably as good it is going to get for a while

  4. jim says:

    theyve had a satellite that can see plates but you cant use it

  5. BM of M says:

    how is that possible?

    all sounds a bit 24 for my liking.

  6. RatDog says:

    Here’s more elephant shadows:

    Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

  7. Kelly says:

    Woooo! Yay Artemis!

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