U.S. States

Black Rock City (Burning Man)

This is the site of Black Rock City, which is built and torn down every year for the week long annual Burning Man festival. Chach says: Looks like this was flown shortly before the festival.. the street grid and intial…

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Tuesday, 19th April 2005

Pixel Fields

This is an awful lot of fields... scroll around for a bit - there's thousands! And from all the way up here, it looks like some sort of cool pixel-art. Which might perhaps explain why the farmers chose Pac-Man as…

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Tuesday, 19th April 2005

Dealey Plaza, Texas

The site of former U.S. President JFK's assassination: Dealey Plaza, Texas. Caknuck (Thanks again!) breaks down the points of interest: The grassy area in the middle of the image (where the one road forks into three) is Dealey Plaza. The…

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Monday, 18th April 2005

Angel Stadium, Anaheim

It looks like they're set up for some Motocross Mayhem in the Angel Stadium, Anaheim. Thanks: Patrick Gunderson

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Monday, 18th April 2005

Ground Zero

Ground Zero, site of the 9/11 tragedy.

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Sunday, 17th April 2005

Lincoln Memorial

The Lincoln Memorial is in Washington DC, just west of the Washington Monument (posted earlier). The Lincoln Memorial was built to resemble a Greek temple. It has 36 Doric columns, one for each state at the time of Lincoln’s death.…

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Sunday, 17th April 2005

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