2012-01-18
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BBC News: a satellite image of the Costa Concordia off the coast of Italy. (Thanks, Chris. Also available on Flickr; thanks, Dan.)
2011-12-03
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military trucks and planes, los alamos
More loveliness, more missing references. Ah well.
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half summer, half winter
Shame there’s no link to the actual Google Maps location where you can see this. Ah well.
2011-04-03
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Agricultural patterns from space – in pictures:
Resembling a work of modern art, variegated green crop circles cover what was once shortgrass prairie in south-western Kansas. The most common crops in this region are corn, wheat, and sorghum. Each of these crops is at a different point of development, accounting for the varying shades of green and yellow.
Photograph: ASTER/NASA.
2011-03-18
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Circuitry (via Google Maps) (by superfamous)
This is somewhat north of LA. The original Flickr photo has a link to the Google Maps view.
(via slavin)
2010-02-23
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The Boneyard Up Close on BBC News. This huge image is presented behind a nice slippy map navigator, but here’s the whole thing.
2010-01-07
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From the MODIS Rapid Response System, on 7th January at 11 :50 UTC: Snow across Great Britain. (It’s also available even bigger.) (via) (previously)
