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The strange and wonderful stuff one finds using google earth… thread

Kaioshin said:
Enter the following into the "Fly to" text area: 38 38 0.23 N, 90 12 3.25 W

I have NO idea how that bus got there... Does anyone know?
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I don't see a bus... I see a private jet. It's there because it was flying over as the satellite passed overhead?

[Edit]: oh wow now i see the bus... haha... it looks like it's about to fall off the building! weird. i wonder how it got there. =D
 
Kaioshin said:
Enter the following into the "Fly to" text area: 38 38 0.23 N, 90 12 3.25 W

I have NO idea how that bus got there... Does anyone know?
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That's the St. Louis City Museum. The two airplanes are also part of the museum's attractions. You can see the school bus in one of the pics on that link.
 
louiek said:
I doubt that's the case here Chundles, those circles are in the same plane on differing terrain. I reckon it's some of those secret sites that get blacked out by the government. Why exactly are you so keen to steer us away from the truth?
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i hear the x-files theme song chiming in...

damn i loved that show.
 
flying_car_one.jpg


Flying car anyone?
 
Kaioshin said:
Enter the following into the "Fly to" text area: 38 38 0.23 N, 90 12 3.25 W

I have NO idea how that bus got there... Does anyone know?
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That must have been a really interesting filed-trip.
 

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Unorthodox said:
That must have been a really interesting filed-trip.
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(Chorus)"Get on the Magic School Bus, cruisin on down Main St--"

*BOOM!*

(Ms. Frizzle)"WTF lizzy? what was that?"

(lizard gives a shriek)

(student)"We've been hit with an RPG!!!"

(Ms. Frizzle)"Oh s***, God save us all......look a tall building land there!!!"

(Student)"Go lizzy!! Pull up, god***n you pull up!!!!"

(lizard curses in lizard language)

(Ms. Frizzle)"Screw this, I'll see ya'll in the afterlife" (jumps out and engages parachute)

(student)"That 2 faced b*****rd!!!"

(student 2) "forget her!! We're almost there!! Everyone hang on!!!"

(always scared student)"i need a new pair of pants at the end of this trip"

*loud crash"

(student)"we made it!!! wait no one move!!!!! We're on the edge of the building"

and they are still they're today. you can now visit them as a tourist attraction.
 
Bobdude161 said:
250px-The_Magic_School_Bus_title_credit.jpg


(Chorus)"Get on the Magic School Bus, cruisin on down Main St--"

*BOOM!*

(Ms. Frizzle)"WTF lizzy? what was that?"

(lizard gives a shriek)

(student)"We've been hit with an RPG!!!"

(Ms. Frizzle)"Oh s***, God save us all......look a tall building land there!!!"

(Student)"Go lizzy!! Pull up, god***n you pull up!!!!"

(lizard curses in lizard language)

(Ms. Frizzle)"Screw this, I'll see ya'll in the afterlife" (jumps out and engages parachute)

(student)"That 2 faced b*****rd!!!"

(student 2) "forget her!! We're almost there!! Everyone hang on!!!"

(always scared student)"i need a new pair of pants at the end of this trip"

*loud crash"

(student)"we made it!!! wait no one move!!!!! We're on the edge of the building"

and they are still they're today. you can now visit them as a tourist attraction.
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So thats why I wasn't allowed to watch that show when I was a kid.
Can you tell me about Sesame Street? I
 
Not so strange, but interesting:
54°19'27.17"N, 10° 9'43.91"E
there is an uboot at the naval shipyard in Kiel, Northern Germany...hope this fits into this category...
 
For those of you who like the odd things in Google Earth and haven't stumbled across the following site, have a good trawl through Google Sightseeing where they post random images from all around the world.

It started initially with various landmarks but now also includes things like the 'flying cars' above, places where you can see the sticky tape where the maps were glued together and places where you can see the shadow of a plane several times as the various images get joined together.
 
Unorthodox said:
That must have been a really interesting filed-trip.
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I went there this summer and it was really cool! except i broke my camera crawling through the place. :( it's more like the worlds craziest playplace than a museum.
 
I wouldn't call this strange, nor wonderful by any means, but certainly eyecatching...

53°32'19.81"N, 1°20'46.68"W

Warning: Not necessarily safe for work. :)
 
AppleGuy08 said:
^^ exactly. That leer jet appears to be way too low.
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That leer jet is rigged on a frame, poised high above the ground below. It's on display at the St. Louis City Museum, as explained above.
 
Its pointless me telling you guys without co-ordinates, but once I found a car in Australia, which appeared to be flying! Once I find it, I'll post a picture, but its quiete funny to look at!

Cheers
 
Sdashiki said:
can somone translate this:


* Latitude: 62 deg. 23.5 min. North
* Longitude: 145 deg. 8.8 min. West
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62°23'30.00"N, 145°08'48.00"W ?

What is that?
 
Mac Rules said:
Its pointless me telling you guys without co-ordinates, but once I found a car in Australia, which appeared to be flying! Once I find it, I'll post a picture, but its quiete funny to look at!
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It's not the one listed in post 29 of this thread? You don't have to go looking for it again - the flying cars, model terrains, black helicopters are all news stories on the Register, Google Sightseeing and the other Google Earth community sites when the first person finds them
 
Found these while perusing the Nevada desert.. they seem (from my uneducated guess) to be nuclear test detonation craters. But you be the judge.
 

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Ah. Google Earth. So cool. So out of date.

Oh.. Duke University Medical Center, 4 buildings:

Hanes Annex, Pickens Family Medicine, Trent Hall, and Hanes House.. they spell out a word. :)
 

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Umm, yellow, are you aware that you just reposted the nuclear test site's KML with a new name? Takes us to the same place with the same tag.

jW
 
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