Strange and amazing satellite photos
Google Earth is a tool that allows you to explore the entire Earth without moving from home. This ingenious program juxtaposes billions ofsatellite images to recreate a cartography of the globe. And like their program Google Maps and Google Street View, there are many curiosities...
You've probably already spotted some of them, but the pictures below will show you other oddities that can only be seen from the sky. From natural formations to man-made structures, we found 50 strange places photographed by the web giant Google.
If you're interested in checking out these places yourself, the GPS coordinates of each image are shown. Just copy and paste them into Google Earth (or Google Maps) to study them in more detail.
All images are screenshots from Google Earth.
1. Aircraft Cemetery (32 08'59.96″ N, 110 50'09.03″W) Tucson, Arizona
2. Mysterious drawing in the desert (27°22'50.10″N, 33°37'54.62″E) Governorate of the Red Sea, Egypt
3. Building in the shape of a swastika cross (32°40'34.19″N 117° 9'27.58″W) Coronado, California, USA
4. Bison herd (4°17'21.49″ S 31°23'46.46″ E) Kigosi Reserve, Tanzania
5. Giant Triangle (33.747252, -112.633853) Wittmann, Arizona, USA
6. The SS Ayrfield wreck 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, Canada
8. A parking lot for fighter planes (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 motive in the desert (40.452107, 93.742118) China
13. Giant Target (37.563936, -116.85123) Nevada, USA
14. World's largest swimming pool (-33.350534, -71.653268) Algarrobo, Chile
15. "Jesus Loves You" (43.645074, -115.993081) Boise National Forest, USA
16. The Lion King (51.848637, -0.55462) Dunstable, United Kingdom
17. Giant flag of Northern Cyprus (35.282902, 33.376891) Kyrenia, Cyprus
18. Star-shaped Fort Henricus (Schansdijk 5, 4655 De Heen) Netherlands
19. Potash Ponds (Intrepid Potash) (38°29'0.16″N 109°40'52.80″W) Moab, Utah, USA
20. Mysterious drawing (37.629562, -116.849556) Nevada, USA
21. Boat-shaped Whampoa Shopping Centre (22°18'14.15″N, 114°11'24.66″E) Hong Kong
22. Russell Square, Bloomsbury, London
23. Coca Cola logo (-18.529211, -70.249941) Arica and Parinacota Region, Chile
24. Concentric circles (39.623119, -107.635353) New Castle, Colorado, USA
25. An island in a lake on an island in a lake (69.793° N, 108.241° W) Northern Canada
26. One car returned (51°19'18.13″N, 6°34'35.64″E) Krefeld, Germany
27. A strange symbol (37.401573, -116.867808) Nevada, USA
28. One monkey face (65.476721, -173.511416) Russia
29. The Badeschiff (52°29'52.24″N 13°27'13.67″E) Berlin, Germany
30. A building with an odd shape... (41.84201, -89.485937) Dixon, Illinois, USA
31. The Atacama Giant (19°56'56.96″S 69°38'1.83″W) Huara, Tarapacá, Chile
32. Another fighter plane on a parking lot (48.825183, 2.1985795) Ville-d'Avray, France
33. Another strange drawing in the desert (40.458148, 93.393145) China
34. A wreck (30.541634, 47.825445) Basra, Iraq
35. Airstrips in the desert (32.663367, -111.487618) Eloy, Arizona, USA
36. Oil fields (37°39'16.06″S 68°10'16.42″W) Province of Río Negro, Argentina
37. Mattel Logo (33.921277, -118.391674) El Segundo, California, USA
38. Uluru / Ayers Rock (-25.344375, 131.034401) Australia
39. Scaled-down model of the disputed border region between India and China (38.265652, 105.9517)
40 Memorial of Flight 772 AWU (16.864841, 11.953808) Ténéré Desert, Niger
41. A natural heart shape (20°56'15.47″S, 164°39'30.56″E) New Caledonia
42. Rainbow plane, New Jersey, USA.
43. Barringer Meteor Crater (35.027185, -111.022388) Winslow, Arizona, USA
44. "Come downtown and play (35.141533, -90.052695) Memphis, Tennessee, USA
45. A hippopotamus bath (6°53'53.00″ S 31°11'15.40″ E) Katavi National Park, Tanzania
46. Solar Project (34.871778, -116.834192) Daggett, California, USA
47. Giant United States Flag (7300 Airport Blvd, Houston, TX 77061, USA)
48. big red lips in the desert (12°22'13.32″N, 23°19'20.18″E) Sudan
49. Grand Prismatic Spring (44.525049, -110.83819) Yellowstone National Park, USA
50. Sign of Batman (26.357896, 127.783809) Okinawa, Japan
