These are just a few of my favorite Google Earth images. It pisses me of when you find pictures of cool stuff on maps and then can't locate them, so I'll paste the co-ordinates to them so you can check them out yourself. Get Google Earth
here. Click on the image to enlarge...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhghuRTHVcLsm00U_428D9dFGKEzJOKEuGokOLMXW0_ecVufyA_4C2dUizm5t1cN24TyUQUKLZILk7vXEw1zJakkaGtORuJjEo0HVRSZ7Jx7Pl2r9x5-4BtpTXXXB9OdLAvuOH08P6LFX1w/s640/weird-shit-in-china.jpg) |
Yeah, weird shit in China. Lots of conjecture about these things... looks like landing strips... 40°29'9.60"N 93°28'55.65"E | |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL10v_OMp7fvCs4-F4HdXzgROHq7gqqhfDWt_PkIyGPojtiD5cxKU_l-94s-sWUnBtZy7IiZPlYffzl1dOkealvyoyXYbTfpeCyUMTKCLcDniEYNiZOWb-DNmBnv3Zpzbx_baIl7amhcRQ/s640/Abandoned-boats-Chernobyl.jpg) |
Dead abandoned boats in Chernobyl. 51°17'2.19"N 30°12'46.10"E |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihkpQ9P7vp2iheNahjelnlBdHSA8zac5vsKEOAlLYXnDNpDGjfMDas9XhDrN_qMdrd8Kn_Z4r7_H3jwtL4wQaZNDOoxONi52QcCTt9UtQ5nC0aVGFvHeYYUoljQaqvGjcrZWvk-5hvp3Cw/s640/Costa-Concordia.jpg) |
Costa Concordia cruise liner wreck. 42°21'50.22"N 10°55'13.34"E |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1j6SNO95R6KD1k5pc9elVp7dZsf9YM18w5CvKhagFERZUD10uKllY2QiM3PqEJnpxGXFiWY7cwRt3X_KBmOJP4xXqIvOxSqCtczAK2iyCufP4onMJ8jNnyu6anA0rcbt3aP4mPfMlz41n/s640/Ferris-wheel-prypyat.jpg) |
Ferris wheel in abandoned town of Pryp'yat near Chernobyl. 51°24'30.81"N 30° 3'23.83"E |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEKYe3UlalGcT2A0_0m7d0GmsqJQ6sebfaBziJqjF8ZUa4ki-j3uXGBxQlP_YOyvGRG3gyxf2d4jYXcsz8XGeNCkiRdWzwXRosC0DAqEGYxBI4QQcm2-d563s4rDpd00RiMghaBLY-Pb3A/s640/Fukushima.jpg) |
Fukushima nuclear power plant. 37°25'18.49"N 141° 2'14.49"E |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4B4FgI10zdLvwepjEChifbNPtXLfSdSLXQcnjuHfnvYa4bYmBCCy4efB23ezyMBkTW_CBFLCS-nojsHcyMiknEN4XUY5qTYKwa1q4PnP0SX0BsZ1HSkpROD9fz7-1bBSCAYI9S2OhUc0x/s640/S.S.+Jassim.jpg) |
S.S. Jassim ship wreck, a Bolivian cargo ferry in the Red Sea off the coast of Sudan. 19°38'47.11"N 37°17'45.31"E |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5IyfQpT8E8STJu9GlJG4OiBxs5Hb6JPQeUfyQvl6EeyvDF4WRcHIi_AG8HT8qcBOmNTCwKMRUx5xpcdUX-tYBPkYyzVAf0CZl0I9qXxxQEe0GD85rLoiw47SsnYTpGi2OVtS7iuz7ryg1/s640/area-51.jpg) |
Area 51, located about 85 miles south of Las Vagas, Nevada. 37°15'19.45"N 115°47'41.09"W |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMdFLpOZxPa2MJNnpjApcmCj7WZZ7Ml7mE9s36AG-KYNPcNxlPs3nYKYdWAbuv8JOrMi9mWK_fUARpv7TlHegCE5qs2nd58R09JVA-x1ynox0sKWTwskOKaWIcFuGtv0hewc5VXSM_3owq/s640/chernobyl-dead-vehicles.jpg) |
Dead and abandoned vehicles irradiated from the Chernobyl accident. 51° 9'9.08"N 29°58'53.19"E |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxLOy_nYtYNX6aLvFWrZ7Kqu98I13SzpST5Fn3LwQUK7BSeqpYhyKpUVrX5TJm9Oms9hkbj7mco89XJ34KgWVcmBOZXGFOhZyP8n_AESOVkLG396cq7JDX6Ttdq93OuzvDbg4p6CVKcYdd/s640/dubai-palm-islands.jpg) |
The amazing Dubai man made Palm islands. 25° 3'41.59"N 55° 3'27.89"E |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4rJiV_txFviqrs0WKfpiclSWVGqoWLuJMJA1gZCzEFvfRwBdmVcp4xzvEJZHbX7n_wd5yfTHsSE601ycyX59bKZEYycI-FUWFVa3g9XEvgEOIR23sb05XM-GWaq9k5Vb6C1GzAbIN-JBw/s640/iowa-farmland.jpg) |
This looks rather unremarkable, but I was impressed. It's the state of Iowa and the best I can tell, the entire state is covered with nothing but farmland and roads. 89% of the state is indeed farmland and it is criss-crossed by 235,460 lane miles of road, 14th most miles in the nation. 41°52'45.85"N 93°26'27.38"W (Image is from 100 miles up.) |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqYuZts0csO7yxwpzGarxVX04HRB-a38noWHAOhNnC1BTDgw_6kCqwxpqFN7OPlApwfRKXnm5vl5L5JNHhE-Hd0Tyt3xmJZb45xm0-O8VVPLkNdHvecEsrKEQKP369XO2k9x5UbcgMjt1G/s640/irrigation-farms.jpg) |
These are irrigation farms. You can find them many places. These are on the south eastern edge of the Nile Delta. 30°25'58.16"N 31°53'56.28"E |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEbp259x8T3fhZIAQxmNvI6hr8L52zby4mkuBTN_4dQkt-GslcMZ0gexq1ROh2gVmVYD1fmQNBy9iHeE2edXA2SOcPUZdDEUROF5TiyPXyspeFygydR0ARFauSHC-e2R-B5ktwyg8pZWQg/s640/more-weird-shit-in-china.jpg) |
More weird shit in China... I don't have a clue. 40°27'8.92"N 93°45'10.77"E |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhopr3j0Jn9k_dN62NPGqph5lyFbioubqo3G_VnswmoJU9JQYjBNDqvQ3X4h_h3JaiYo-3mu1yCf6vHF1gn2Nh3QZGEY-0AqcSw-O6cSoC8aFVE__T2DTciqvpEWvd61m3ghcMdUukCiDUE/s640/tucson-boneyard.jpg) |
This is known as the Bone-yard, located in Tucson, Arizona. It's where planes go to die... 32° 9'53.34"N 110°50'18.03"W | |
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OK then! Hope you liked all that. Warning, Google Earth can be addictive!
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