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earth15 full Interesting Google Earth FindsSome of the sights you find in Google Earth are just plain mysterious. For example, why is a fighter jet parked (Google Earth coordinates 48.825183,2.1985795) in what looks to be a residential neighborhood lot near Paris? And why is this lake in Iraq (33.39845000,44.48416800) blood red?
earth14 full Interesting Google Earth FindsSometimes Google Earth is lucky enough to catch things as they happen. Here Google Earth captures a truck that crashed (Google Earth coordinates 46.765669,-100.79274) outside of Bismarck, North Dakota. In another instance, Google Earth caught fishermen illegally bottom-trawling (28.102512,-14.265835) beaches near Spain’s Canary Islands.
earth13 full Interesting Google Earth FindsThe unblinking eyes of the satellites record not only human achievements, but our less successful moments as well. One example is this huge ship (Google Earth coordinates 30.541634,47.825445) floating on its side after a maritime accident in the waters of Basrah, Iraq.
earth12 full Interesting Google Earth FindsFor aviation buffs, Google Earth offers the unique ability to spot airplanes in midair. One Google Earth Community has Placemarks for more than 3300 planes in flight, including this World War II bomber (Google Earth coordinates 52.336392,-0.1953462) flying over Huntingdon, England.
earth11 full Interesting Google Earth FindsGoogle Earth doesn’t have advertising, unless you consider the corporate logos and trademarks big enough to be seen from space. This giant Ford logo (Google Earth coordinates 42.302284,-83.231215) is found near (where else?) Detroit, Michigan. You think that’s big? Check out the massive Coca-Cola logo (-18.529225,-70.25002) etched into a hillside in Chile with 70,000 Coke bottles. Haven’t they heard of recycling?
earth10 full Interesting Google Earth FindsNothing can replace hopping in a plane and going somewhere, but Google Earth gives you a small taste of what you might see when you visit some of the world’s tourist destinations. This spectacular shot shows Victoria Falls (Google Earth coordinates -17.925511,25.858223) on the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe. Other virtual destinations worth flying over are Mt. Everest (27.985866,86.92844) and Mt. Kilimanjaro (-3.0726042,37.343093).
earth09 full Interesting Google Earth FindsGoogle’s satellites sometimes catch the Earth’s inhabitants on the move, like these ten African elephants (Google Earth coordinates 10.903497,19.93229).
earth08 full Interesting Google Earth FindsThink parking is tough where you live? In Westenbergstraat, Netherlands, drivers apparently have to park on the sides of walls (Google Earth coordinates 52.069207,4.3139865).
earth07 full Interesting Google Earth FindsNational Geographic partnered with Google Earth on a project called Africa Megaflyover. The magazine has made more than 500 high-resolution images accessible through Google Earth, including this close-up view (Google Earth coordinates 15.298693,19.429661) of camels and their caretakers taking a water break in Nigeria.
earth06 full Interesting Google Earth FindsSpend enough time on Google Earth, and you start thinking that the world is a pretty low-resolution place. But Google Earth is steadily updating its maps with high-resolution pictures. Zoom in on this Google Earth satellite shot of Australia’s Bondi Beach (Google Earth coordinates -33.892351,151.27538), and you can almost read the designer labels on the bikinis.
earth05 full Interesting Google Earth FindsIf you’re in the intelligence business, Google Earth makes hiding big things nearly impossible. This image is believed to be of a 1.8-square-mile scale model of a disputed region on the border of China and India. Google Earth spotters found it in a remote area in north central China (Google Earth coordinates 38.265652,105.9517). One theory on why this model exists comes from the Australian publication The Age, which reported that the scale model is used to train tank drivers.
earth04 full Interesting Google Earth FindsAs if Oprah Winfrey’s celebrity weren’t big enough already, an Arizona farmer built a 10-acre homage to the talk show host (Google Earth coordinates 33.225488,-111.5955). Visitors can tell their friends, “I got lost inside Oprah’s head.”
earth03 full Interesting Google Earth FindsWithout a doubt, the best thing that ever happened to crop circles is Google Earth. This circle in the desert just outside Beatty, Nevada (Google Earth coordinates 37.401437,-116.86773), is one of hundreds spotted with the software.
earth02 full Interesting Google Earth FindsThis giant pink bunny (Google Earth coordinates 44.244273,7.769737) in Prata Nevoso, Italy, was built by a group of artists from Vienna, according to published accounts. It’s 200 feet long and answers to the name “Hare.”
earth01 full Interesting Google Earth FindsDubbed The Badlands Guardian by locals, this geological marvel (Google Earth coordinates 50.010083,-110.113006) in Alberta, Canada, bears an uncanny resemblance to a human head wearing a full Native American headdress–and earphones, to boot. Of course, The Guardian was produced naturally.
meteor 1 Interesting Google Earth FindsI caught an image of grass fire on google maps. This is above Africa in the Republic of the Congo just east of Kikwit.
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Here are coordinates from secret places for you:
01. Google Pool: 37°25′20.41″N 122° 5′6.00″W
02. Airplane: 50°12′47.26″N 8°52′7.31″E
03. Tent: 28°29′43.15″N 81°34′50.07″W
04. Indian 1: 6°42′51.37″N 42°11′42.82″E
05. Black Line & Fire on ice: 69° 3′7.72″N 41° 8′29.66″W
06. BAR: 39°49′21.77″N 3°28′44.50″W
07. Star: 37°24′1.66″N 116°51′58.85″W
08. Pyramid: 37°37′38.49″N 116°50′26.44″W
09. Eddie Fuck: 53°32′18.35″N 1°20′44.17″W
10. Nude Dutch People: 52° 4′43.34″N 4°19′58.12″E
11. Nude German Woman: 52°30′31.46″N 13°20′6.90″E
12. English Crop Circle: 53°31′54.33″N 1°21′24.93″W
13. Firefox-Logo: 45° 7′25.87″N 123° 6′48.97″W
14. Nazi-Building: 32°40′33.83″N 117° 9′28.36″W
15. Reversed Ship: 35° 9′18.21″N 129° 8′51.37″E
16. Bomber: 52°20′10.98″N 0°11′43.17″W
17. Indian 2 (with i-pod): 50° 0′38.19″N 110° 6′48.31″W
18. Donut Store: 25°57′0.25″N 97° 8′50.29″W
19. Giant of Tarapacá: 19°56′56.86″S 69°38′1.81″W
20. Italian Crop Circle: 44°40′52.79″N 10°19′6.39″E
21. Radar Station: 18°20′39.01″N 66°45′8.79″W
22. Sailing/Pirate Ship: 33°51′13.07″S 151°13′59.47″E

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79 Comments »

  • Paul said:

    Very cool list of stuff. It’s crazy what people have found with Google Earth

  • Sarah said:

    I really love this wonderful list of google earth images and locations. How fascinating!

  • JuanS said:

    *gasp* cool

  • Larry said:

    I can see my landlords truck in our parking lot! it was shot in 2006. Do they have newer footage?

  • Brian said:

    Great stumble!

  • E said:

    “The unblinking eyes of the satellites record not only human achievements, but our less successful moments as well.”

    Just so you know, it’s not satellites. Google Earth’s high res images like these are taken by helicopter and aeroplane flyovers.

    Nice finds though :)

  • tito puente said:

    the badlands guardian is incredible!

  • John said:

    Most of these images are actually taken from planes, not from satellites. Satellite imagery can’t do much better than 1m resolution.

  • directory said:

    Interesting…Im sure there are other millions of unique satellite pictures we have yet to see.

  • painfull back said:

    Proof that native americans invented the earbud headphones!

  • Scribbler said:

    I absolutely love that last one, the native American with the headphones!

  • Daniel said:

    Sadly, the bomber is no longer there :(

  • Zen Bonobo said:

    The star shaped set up in the desert is from Viet Nam era training site for pilots to learn to deal with SAM missle sites.

  • Some Guy said:

    FYI, a lot of the imagery in Google Earth isn’t from satellites, it’s from aircraft. You couldn’t get that shot of the elephants from any commercially-available satellite imagery.

  • Chris said:

    Coords 37.401437,-116.86773 is not a crop circle. It is a simulated Surface to Air missile site located in Nevada (SA-2 I believe). Zoom out and you can see other target on this bombing range, including a rail line and a simulated town. Possibly for simulated nuclear deliveries.

  • Monkey Man said:

    That’s not a crop circle, thats a defunct missile site or perhaps a storage bunker site for weapons.

  • MAxwellP said:

    Ahhh. The WWII plane one was updated/gone.

    Nice finds mate.

  • Luc ifer said:

    I severely question the authenticity of a number of these items.

  • mike said:

    That crop circle is either an artillery battery or a Anti-Air missle battery

  • Ryan G said:

    Great pics, thanks for sharing. Love the ‘Hare’!

  • nazeeh said:

    very interesting cool and crazy stuff

  • ae61185 said:

    This site is amazing… great compilation… and why the hell is that water red!?!?!

  • David said:

    A most amazing site Google earth. I feel like James Bond.

  • nasirJumani said:

    iNative, iPod, iRock!

  • J.M.Perkins said:

    Wow. Amazing stuff to be seen via google earth. I wonder how long before they start more actively crowd sourcing satelite image analysis.

  • shizhoucheng said:

    on google earth has the interesting chart. haha

  • Marc-o said:

    The first picture shows a Dassault Mirage IIIc jetfighter. The mass production started in 1960 and there are now 1500 of these. Very close to where the jet is staying (Sèvres), there is a military airport (Villacoublay). The owner is probably a former pilot who wanted to buy a plane… The whole area is full of military related companies (MBDA, Dassault, Lagardere…)

  • JJ said:

    and in the last pic, he has earphones!!

  • Mark said:

    The picture at the top looks to be a B-58 Hustler. There is another one next to a motel in Fort Worth, TX.

  • Hashim said:

    great! i found few more such amazing pics while searching on google earth but donno how to copy coordinates to share with others :(

  • spooky said:

    that last image is a grass fire, not a meteorite.

  • abah said:

    The red lake is freeeakky

  • john said:

    woo….great collection..i loved it……….

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  • Shawn said:

    I see the Badlands Guardian is listening to his iPod :)

  • daniel said:

    Simply amazing. I wish I had my own spacecraft to take my own photos from up there.
    Thanks for turning us on to this collection

  • Paul Anthony said:

    I would subscribe to Google Earth now.

  • adsg said:

    wow

  • BELLE said:

    scary…what happened to privacy?

  • william said:

    The elephants are obviously fake. I don’t know how they got on there but take a look at them on google earth becaue they are out of place and look to be a drawing to me.

  • Eman said:

    Outdoors is not private, it is public.

  • c0d3r said:

    Awersome! Some were real funny and some were pure awe inspiring :D Superb collection !

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  • Stefan said:

    I couldn’t see what exist at the first two coordinates (the jet in France and the pretended red lake in Iraq). Trying different altitudes and different directions to aproach was imposible to reach the exact coordinates,… look like theese are jumping over the mentioned ones.

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  • Fly360 said:

    Search on “77 water st. nyc” and check out the bi-plane and runway on top of the office building.

  • Melmax said:

    Does anyone know why the water is red?

  • Mundano said:

    Great pics! Very funny… thanks.

  • sphlaraz (author) said:

    sphlaraz…

    sphlaraz…

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  • Hazu said:

    The jet fighter on the parking near Paris is a real fighter parked on the parking lot of a school for Electronic Engineers specializing in military aviation. The students are supposed to take the electronics apart and reassemble before year end…

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  • cornuato said:

    In San Diego on coranado island there is a building that is shaped like a swastica

  • George said:

    #21 is no radar site; it’s the Arecibo Observatory. See Wikipedia.

  • Google earth said:

    hai..nice blog yeah

  • ztwen said:

    Interesting…

  • Google earth said:

    Banyak mengambil gambar yang bagus, sehingga kami dapat melihat mereka.

  • SonyaSunny said:

    Hi,
    Thanks for article. Everytime like to read you.

    Have a nice day
    SonyaSunny

  • poupou said:

    Very nice !

    The fighter jet on picture 15 is not in a residential lot but in a technical school, specialized in aeronautics (I was student there)

    Keep up !

  • Link Building said:

    Amazing pictures! Could look at it until tomorrow… thanks! :)

  • SonyaSunny said:

    Hi,
    Thanks for article. Everytime like to read you.

    Thank you
    SonyaSunny

  • Project Cool said:

    I know one where there are some men looking up like they knew they were being watched

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  • Andrew said:

    39.141915, -121.370215

    Looks like a target.

  • Hedge said:

    21°17′54.62″N 157°52′9.11″W
    looks like a plane underwater to me

  • Freight Forum said:

    I like the fighter jet in the parking lot, although, it probably demonstrates there is some errors in Googles software or else that wouldnt be there.

  • David said:

    The “crop circle” in Nevada is actually a SAM-site. That is, a prepared base for Surface-to-Air-Missiles.

    Or, a training site for aircraft to attack missile sites. Nevada desert is very good for this type of training.

    (The base is empty on the picture, but ready to be occupied. The radar and optronics goes in the center, and the missile batteries are spread out around it. The different parts protected by sand berms. If one of them should be hit by an aircraft attack, the others may survive the blast and shrapnel.)

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  • Milander said:

    As may have been noted before the African animals especially the elephants were actually photo’d from low flying aircraft not satellites and added to google earth as a Nat. Geog. project.

    FYI, no commercially available satellite imagery provides that level of clarity.

  • Adi said:

    awesome stuff…

  • PJ said:

    UFO Landing, looks like it may be an old bomb target- do you have coordinates??

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  • Lunyka said:

    Your missing the Giant KFC face etched into the ground in Nevada I think? It is near Area 51 I know that much at least but tis funny to look at.

  • Free Domain Registration said:

    Awesome findings.

  • Martineau said:

    That lake or reservoir (the image of which can no longer be viewed on this site, btw) most likely turned red because of an algae bloom. Google it!

  • catlady said:

    when i tried to look at anything that was in korea or inda or china, google earth put theses big red x’s on the areas and i couldn’t see anything.

  • humor me said:

    I caught the Googlemobile (or rather it caught me) when they did a street view last summer. YAY Google!

  • FRANK ORTIZ said:

    Check out coordinates:

    41° 7′58.98″N,95°56′0.18″W

    Some farmer got crazy with the tractor. Farm by Offutt AFB.

  • Hiram said:

    Awsome

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