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Monday, 20th February 2006 by Alex Turnbull
No prizes for identifing this animal in Houston zoo, Texas – it’s an elephant!
Thanks to Artemis and Dave Garcia.
Alex has decided that his title will be Senior Vice President of Stuff.
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Lesotho is one of the most unique countries on the planet. It’s the southernmost landlocked country, the largest country that’s entirely surrounded by another country, and the highest country on Earth. Yet, it doesn’t really show up on too many people’s radar. With the arrival of Google Street View imagery this month to Lesotho, it’s time to shed some light on the world’s largest enclave.
The Netherlands is renowned for being a very flat1 and windy country. In the western town of Rozenburg the strong…
Lesotho is one of the most unique countries on the planet. It’s the southernmost landlocked country, the largest country that’s entirely surrounded by another country, and the highest country on Earth. Yet, it doesn’t really show up on too many people’s radar. With the arrival of Google Street View imagery this month to Lesotho, it’s time to shed some light on the world’s largest enclave.
The Netherlands is renowned for being a very flat1 and windy country. In the western town of Rozenburg the strong…
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No sign of METRO’s “Danger Train” on Main or Fannin there… images are at least three years old.
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?
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
theyve had a satellite that can see plates but you cant use it
how is that possible?
all sounds a bit 24 for my liking.
Here’s more elephant shadows:
View Placemark / Google Earth
Woooo! Yay Artemis!