Snow Fun
Tuesday, 9th October 2007 by James Turnbull
On a frozen Alaskan lake…
About the author
James Turnbull programs websites, including this one, and maintains a link blog of things on the internet that are interesting.
Sivash: The Rotten Sea
Sivash is the shallow system of lagoons that separates Crimea from mainland Ukraine. Home to large-scale salt deposits, Sivash may just contain the most colourful waters to be found in Google Maps, with ponds of blue, beige and organe readily visible.
Blimey, how far are they from the nearest settlement – I cannot find one. But I did find a dead moose!. Possibly.
There seems to be alot of snowmobile activity around here, I can’t find anymore machines at present but this seems to be the snowmobile superhighway
View Placemark / Google Earth
Julian, that is most definetly not a moose. It’s a hole in the ice.
I hope they got away before I zoomed out – fastest global thawing ever seen, the wider views cover the place in summer!
In fact, about the only thing nearby is the bit they missed. The Langoliers strike again…
Or for more Langolier activity, this time in San Fran’s Disco / Google Earth