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50 Amazing Finds on Google Earth
Google Earth is a virtual globe, map and geographical information program. It maps the Earth by the superimposition of images obtained from satellite imagery, aerial photography and geographic information system (GIS) 3D globe. Just like their data-rich Maps and Street View offerings, Google Earth is a treasure trove of oddities.
1. Airplane Boneyard
32 08’59.96″ N, 110 50’09.03″W
Tucson, Arizona
2. Mysterious Desert Pattern
27°22’50.10″N, 33°37’54.62″E
Red Sea Governorate, Egypt
3. Swastika-Shaped Building Complex
32°40’34.19″N 117° 9’27.58″W
Coronado, California, USA
4. Buffalo Herd
4°17’21.49″ S 31°23’46.46″ E
Kigosi Game Reserve, Tanzania
5. Giant Triangle
33.747252, -112.633853
Wittmann, Arizona, USA
6. Shipwrecked SS Ayrfield with Trees
-33.836379, 151.080506
Homebush Bay, Sydney, Australia
7. The Badlands Guardian
50° 0’38.20″N 110° 6’48.32″W
Walsh, Alberta, Canada
8. Parking Lot for Fighter Jets
33.927911, -118.38069
El Segundo, California, USA
9. Firefox Logo
45° 7’25.87″N 123° 6’48.97″W
Dayton, Oregon, USA
10. Guitar-Shaped Forest
-33.867886, -63.987
Córdoba, Argentina
11. Heart-Shaped Lake
41.303921, -81.901693
Columbia Station, Ohio, USA
12. Mysterious Desert Pattern
40.452107, 93.742118
China
13. Giant Target
37.563936, -116.85123
Nevada, USA
*Update* The Sifter did an entire post on strange markings in the USA. Some are ‘eye charts’ for airplanes, better known as aerial photo calibration targets. The Sifter did an entire post on them here.
14. World’s Biggest Pool
-33.350534, -71.653268
Algarrobo, Valparaíso, Chile
At 1,013 meters (3,324 ft) in length with a total area of 8 hectares (19.77 acres), the swimming pool at the San Alfonso del Mar resort in Algarrobo, Chile is the largest in the world. You can read all about it here.
15. Jesus Loves You
43.645074, -115.993081
Boise National Forest, Boise, Idaho, USA
16. Lion King
51.848637, -0.55462
Dunstable LU6 2LD, UK
17. Northern Cyprus Flag
35.282902, 33.376891
Kyrenia, Cyprus
18. Star Fort
Schansdijk 5, 4655 De Heen, The Netherlands
19. Potash Ponds
38°29’0.16″N 109°40’52.80″W
Moab, Utah, USA
20. Mysterious Pattern
37.629562, -116.849556
Nevada, USA
21. The Whampoa Boat-Shaped Shopping Centre
22°18’14.15″N, 114°11’24.66″E
Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong
22. Russell Square
Bloomsbury, London, United Kingdom
23. Coca Cola Logo
-18.529211, -70.249941
Arica, Arica y Parinacota, Chile
24. Concentric Cirlces
39.623119, -107.635353
New Castle, Colorado, USA
25. Island in a Lake in an Island in a Lake
69.793° N, 108.241° W
Northern Canada
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GREAT ARTICLE!! BUT, you forgot one;
IF, You can follow simple instructions, “Google earth 7 is all yours, if, you can figure out,
how the video is made 
“; http://youtu.be/SR3SbTQLKmo?list=UU8qxBJuZP2ZlYUxk3OtZgCQ 
It’s “that 1 weird trick, that really drives them crazy”!! All you need, to get the BEST CONTENT!
(That the folks @ NASA, Can Not, or it could be illegal/major jail time, lost pay, headaches, etc.)
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