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HOVEROCEROS

Posted by Alex Turnbull, Friday, 18th April 2008

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In an incredible stroke of luck, this image of Potsdam, Germany was captured at exactly the same moment by both Google Earth and I Can Has Cheezburger!

Ladies and gentlemen I give you, HOVEROCEROS!

(If you haven’t got a clue what we’re on about, hopefully this should help!)

Thanks to sladys and I Can Has Cheezburger.

Countries: Germany

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8 Responses to 'HOVEROCEROS'

  1. 1. Chet says: April 18th, 2008 at 2:52 pm

    I must say, I Can Has Cheezburger and Google Sightseeing are definately in my top 5 websites

  2. 2. Frank Taylor says: April 18th, 2008 at 4:03 pm

    Heh…I like the name. There’s some good photos in the Panoramio layer in Google Earth to give you a ground-based perspective.

  3. 3. nova72 says: April 18th, 2008 at 4:23 pm

    You can see it hovering here in this LiveMaps shot:
    http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&FORM=LMLTSN&cp=sqzw7tj2mk85&style=b&lvl=2&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&scene=10854291&phx=0&phy=0&phscl=1&encType=1

    @Frank - yeh those are great shots, thanks.

    And here is a pretty famous park:
    Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanssouci

  4. Google Sightseeing Admin
    4. James says: April 18th, 2008 at 4:28 pm

    It’s a fraud! Like David Blane, the Rhino is clearly being held up by strings.

  5. 5. Jess says: April 18th, 2008 at 7:32 pm

    Boo! The visual approximation of a pun. :-)

  6. Google Sightseeing Admin
    6. Rob says: April 18th, 2008 at 7:50 pm

    http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2007/06/o-hai-googlz-i-can-has-privacy.jpg“

  7. 7. dr.R. says: April 21st, 2008 at 1:20 pm

    Hey, Potsdam, that’s where the Einsteinturm (Einstein Tower) is: Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

    Einstein… Wasn’t that about gravity and stuff? ;-)

  8. 8. sounddoc says: April 21st, 2008 at 7:55 pm

    For those like myself who were curious of what that really is…

    http://haha.nu/central/files/statues/germany_potsdam1.jpg

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