Fear and Loathing on the Learning Curve: Observations on Life, Tech and Web Design from a Slightly Misanthropic Mind

Fun With Satellite Photos

Following the launch of Google’s Maps ser­vice, allow­ing US res­id­ents to see maps and satel­lite imagery of just about every­where in the coun­try, Wired ran this art­icle on find­ing hid­den sur­prises in these satel­lite photos.

Apparently, “not­able sur­prises include a just-erupted vol­cano, viol­ent scenes from Iraq (a bomb going off in Baghdad and a fire­fight in Najaf) and even a 747 land­ing in Tokyo, some­thing dif­fi­cult to cap­ture given that the satel­lite is mov­ing at 17,000 mph.” The art­icle also men­tions some sim­ilar amus­ing occurences in the past.

Some samples include a packed base­ball sta­dium, and an air­liner land­ing some­where in California.