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The Strangest Sights in Google Earth

Discussion in 'Whatnots' started by Taluntain, Oct 31, 2007.

  1. Taluntain

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    Taluntain, Oct 31, 2007
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    It's pretty cool, yeah. I think it'd be more awesome if it was more real-time though! I think the images it's feeding are around 2 years old or more. There's also a lot missing I think, when I first got it the first thing I did was zoom in on places in Iraq, trying to see tanks and that :p .

    Didn't bloody work did it!!
     
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    Kitrax Pantaloons are supposed to go where!?!?

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    Google Earth has been a permanent resident on my computer ever since it was released.

    I've never found anything really cool...except for airplanes frozen in time. :bad:

    Slide 9 of the article is by far the funniest. How the hell did that happen? :hmm: :rolling:
     
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    You mean the elephants Kitrax? It's a cool picture, but I'm not sure how you see that as funny.

    ....Maybe you like the long noses? :D
     
    Dice, Oct 31, 2007
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  5. Kitrax

    Kitrax Pantaloons are supposed to go where!?!?

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    No...the one of the car parked on the side of the building... The elephants are slide #10. :p :rolling:
     
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    Oh...ok I didn't count the first on because it was a title page .... you're right, that is pretty funny. It must have been a setup though.
     
    Dice, Oct 31, 2007
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    I'm thinking it's an art mural - the 'parking lines' painted on the side of the building, and the car is a really small sub-compact like a Mini or similar...

    Also I find the last slide a little interesting - and punnily funny: the aircraft sitting in the parking lot is a Dassault Mirage - it's not really there! :p
     
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    The indian with headphones was cool, as was the plane one, I didn't even notice the lines on the ground first.

    And yes, Cthulhu does exist. :p
     
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    The car on the wall is clearly an optical illusion, given that the 'wall' has direction arrows on it.
     
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    Where- :eek:

    [bill&ted-moment]Whoa![/bill&ted-moment]

    And best yet - it's just outside Baltimore...and gee, Lovecraft was a New Englander, too - wasn't he? Hmmm.... :skeptic:
     
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    I'm with HB. I think the car on the wall is an optical illusion.
     
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