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.
Judging by the tracks left by this car on a baseball field, it would seem that Washington D.C.’s youth like to liven up their evenings with a spot of light joyriding.
Actually on closer inspection it would appear that after performing a large number of doughnuts, these joyriders have (as is traditional), set this car on fire and buggered off sharpish.
Thanks to Frank at the GEarth Blog, via DCist.com.
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“…set this car on fire and buggered off sharpish.”
That’s just too funny! I’ve never heard that saying before. I googled “buggered off sharpish” to learn more about “buggering” and this post is already #4 on Google.
BTW, I don’t know if this is allowed, but if you look at Windows Live Local (GASP!) you can see the car has been moved and now appears to be on display. If you move the bird’s eye view South, East, or West, you can see it moved again. I’m starting to think this might be a training car for the fire department to set on fire?
http://local.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=qg7z0c8kjky0&style=o&lvl=2&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&scene=213321&sp=Point.qg7zbx8kjmd6_Car___&encType=1
Anybody want to take a quick dip in the swimming pool just to the east? Last one in still catches some weird disease!
If you look at the North and South views on local live you will notice there is a considerable time difference between when the photos were taken!
Not only is the diamond gravel in on picture and grass in the other but a whole housing development has appeared on the other side of the tennis courts!
PS Buggered off doesn’t imply any illicit sexual activity in slang usage
Notice how this post ties in nicely with the One Year Ago one: Nazca Lines
Not that this is a Livelocal blog, but the swimming pool actually changes shapes when the houses appear to the south, the funny part of that is that the gross water is in pool no matter what.
Mmmm…. Doughnuts….
I dont think it has anything to do with a fire department. It is definitely at a school and it certainly looks like it has been on display or is on display. I think the car is to show the kids the result of drunk driving. Alot of schools here in the US put cars that were in drunk driving accidents to remind the kids.