Hill
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With the new database and a much more detailed lowest resolution earth to look at, we can really see lots of abstract art pieces created by the various land and water and other features. If you see something that can be cropped down nicely to fill the viewer frame, show it to the rest of us here. There are some already placemarked in the BBS than can also be imported here. Best with roads and borders off.
EDIT: And don't miss this wonderful collection by Seer. And this by trvlnman
Favourite screenshots in Google Earth is another great one started by JosieNorden.
More from RWFG
EDIT: I just came across this thread of Earth Art locations (post # 3182 !!! - now that in Keyhole/Google Earth terms is ancient  ). These were created with .eta files, predecessor to .kml and .kmz. They had to be converted to be saved and in the process lost all tilt, altitude and direction data. Only location was retained. So they will look nothing like they originally did, also because imagery has changed in many places. But zooming in and rotating and tilting may give an idea why they were originally selected as art.
EDIT: There is another collection here by mudshark
Edited by Hill (02/09/08 11:14 AM)
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esterrett
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Here's another to get things started off..
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neon_
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This is too fun - it's everywhere 
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AnimAlu
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Here are 10 abstract paintings.
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Jeff Alu
http://www.animalu.com
Edited by AnimAlu (05/16/05 05:02 PM)
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AnimAlu
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More Paintings...
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Jeff Alu
http://www.animalu.com
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neon_
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Here's a variation using Russian volcanos: an inkblot test 
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saintj
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van Gogh blue
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AnimAlu
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Yeah, I could do this all day, must stop now
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Jeff Alu
http://www.animalu.com
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csmk
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immediately next to the location of Hills post is a great smiley face! 
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neon_
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Here is another batch. I think I've found a couple Pollocks - you'd think they'd be easy but I'm finding it tricky.
This is more fun than hunting for funerals
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esterrett
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If you ever visit this area, bring plenty of DEET..
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"We have to offer up scary scenarios, make simplified, dramatic statements, and make little mention of any doubts we may have. Each of us has to decide what the right balance is between being effective and being honest." - Stephen Schneider (leading advocate of the global warming theory), Discover magazine, Oct 1989.
"Nobody is interested in solutions if they don't think there's a problem. Given that starting point, I believe it is appropriate to have an over-representation of factual presentations on how dangerous (global warming) is, as a predicate for opening up the audience to listen to what the solutions are..." -former Vice President Al Gore, Grist Magazine, May 9, 2006
Learn the reality behind global warming..
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saintj
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It's art I tell ya 
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Periboob
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Salvatore Dali?
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--Daniel Dennett
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Edited by Periboob (05/18/05 10:05 PM)
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number1fan
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The Blue Devil
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number1fan
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Sleeping Bear
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philverney
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This picture has even been framed 
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Yellowstone
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Colorado River Delta, Mexico
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The Covered Bridge Collection
The Legend of the Pink Lady [Warning: Viewer Discretion Advised]
The Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright ~ 89 sites and counting....
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Hill
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Here are three among a myriad of possibilities of abstract art to be found in the Oklahoma panhandle. Mixed media: soil, vegetation, center-pivot irrigation.
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Hill
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Mixed media. Ice and ground rocks.
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Moaguten
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This fishy fish can be observed in the fjord outside Oslo!
Where did I put my glasses??
Looks like art to me?!
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Moaguten
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This looks like maybe Gauguin?
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Periboob
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There are some really strange things on this plane when seen from the air. I have no clue what this is, but it is interesting, and a little artistic.
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With no known exceptions, the cost of internal trust, efficiency and loyalty is external distrust. The "us against them" is not an optional feature, if there were some way to preserve the loyalties and the tremendous benefits of internal trust without paying the cost of the ferocious xenophobia, then that would be just what we want to do. But we don't know how to do that.
--Daniel Dennett
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/allinthemind/stories/2007/1812733.htm
Edited by Periboob (05/25/05 06:38 PM)
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Hill
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That has to be the #1 weirdest terrain I have ever seen. There has to be something writen about it somewhere. It's high on my list to Google. Quite a find 
Edited by Hill (04/03/06 08:43 AM)
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chays
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Might they be cirrus clouds?
Edited by Hill (04/03/06 08:44 AM)
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Periboob
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My first thought was clouds, but it just didnt look like any clouds anywhere else. Does Iran have any Keyholers who could educate us? At very least, they are unusual clouds.
Edited by Hill (04/03/06 08:44 AM)
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Hill
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It looks to me like some sort of erosional landform in tilted sedimentary strata. Up close it has a resemblance to some kinds of tree bark. Placemarked is a road crossing one edge of it.
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Hill
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Then again, look at the patterns in this dune field in Libya. A mixture of depositional and erosional effects.
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neon_
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Here is a Picasso in the English countryside
(roads off)
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Hill
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Here are a few nice earth portraits from Siberia.
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q3c
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"You should have... sent... a poet..."
This area is just plain amazing. From the main, folder view it is giant blue egg on a sunny side, but bave a look at the 4 close up croppings... I am certain you can find many many more amazing views of this relatively small area
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number1fan
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