| Poster | Time | Map | Comment |
| doranchak | 2005-08-07 14:14:39 | Al Diar Jazira Hotel & Resort | Keyhole BBS has a post calling this "Al Diar Jazira Hotel & Resort":
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| doranchak | 2005-07-30 13:22:30 | Spruce Goose Dome | "The dome is now used as a giant movie set for films such as 'Batman' and 'Jack Frost'
More info/photos:
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| doranchak | 2005-07-30 12:44:12 | Udvar-Hazy Center | More info: http://www.nasm.si.edu/udvarhazy/ |
| doranchak | 2005-07-27 23:16:15 | Artificial lakes | There is a similar debate here:
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| doranchak | 2005-07-26 12:23:41 | Unidentified objects (targets?) in the Tonopah Test Range | That certainly sounds more likely! It'd be rare to capture, say, a cruise missile midflight - plus there aren't any time-shifted color artifacts (red/blue ghosting) like those present in imagery of... |
| doranchak | 2005-07-25 12:25:04 | More large type in Lima (UPP) | Also note the black cross. |
| doranchak | 2005-07-23 19:54:06 | TCG Uluçalireis (S-338) (Ex-USS Thornback SS-418) | Original post: ... |
| doranchak | 2005-07-23 19:53:48 | TCG Uluçalireis (S-338) (Ex-USS Thornback SS-418) | Turns out the plane and sub are exhibits at the "Rahmi M. Koç Museum":
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| doranchak | 2005-07-22 12:29:06 | Great Wall of China | Here's a good link:
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| doranchak | 2005-07-19 12:36:57 | Island Chaffee | Looking in Google Earth, it appears to be called "Island Chaffee":
"...four islands with active oil wells that have been decorated with different colored walls about a mile offshore... |
| doranchak | 2005-07-17 23:17:07 | Soviet MiG Boneyard at Bagram Airport | Some interesting pics here:
http://www.bottoz.com/bagram_bone_yard.php
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| doranchak | 2005-07-16 23:20:54 | Desalination Plant | It appears to be an extension to the salt mining operation that is visible southward:
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| doranchak | 2005-07-16 17:00:42 | Seal base at Naval Amphibious Base Coronado | From http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/25646/an//page//vc/1:
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| doranchak | 2005-07-16 16:54:14 | Piestany Airport | Google Earth has this labelled as "Piestany Airport" |
| doranchak | 2005-07-15 23:52:41 | Centro Penitenciario La Moraleja | It does look like a prison. Also, note the soccer field in the southwest corner.
Googling only got me this:
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| doranchak | 2005-07-15 23:30:29 | Thermal Power Plant #26 | Keyhole BBSer identified this as:
"Thermal Power Plant #26 located at 10 Vostryakovsky Passage, Moscow"
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| doranchak | 2005-07-15 23:25:14 | Fairford dam | Possibly "Fairford dam". This site mentions the dam and the fish ladder in the same paragraph:
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| doranchak | 2005-07-15 23:13:02 | Complejo Penitenciario Federal I | So far I'm seeing some references to "Ezeiza prison":
http://www.google.com/search?q=Ezeiza%20prison |
| doranchak | 2005-07-15 23:10:51 | Beijing Amusement Park | "Beijing Amusement Park" is the actual name (it is not generic).
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| doranchak | 2005-07-15 23:03:42 | Balad Airbase | It is Balad Airbase:
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/iraq/balad-ab.htm
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| doranchak | 2005-07-15 22:46:21 | Moscow Chkalovskoe Airport | This one is called "Moscow Chkalovskoe Airport". Alternate spelling appears to be "Chkalovsk". |
| doranchak | 2005-07-15 22:43:17 | De Winton South Calgary Airport | This is called "De Winton South Calgary Airport".
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| doranchak | 2005-07-15 21:37:10 | Four destroyed jets at Al Taqaddum Airport | Google Earth has this labeled as "Al Taqaddum Airport". |
| doranchak | 2005-07-15 21:31:21 | Al Taji Airport | The airport is called Al Taji Airport.
http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?id=IZ48976 |
| doranchak | 2005-07-15 21:21:54 | Morón Air Base | Ah, thanks for pointing it out. I must not have been looking hard enough! |
| doranchak | 2005-07-15 21:03:07 | Churchill Airport (YYQ) | Google Earth has this labelled as "Churchill Airport". |
| doranchak | 2005-07-15 15:42:24 | Morón Air Base | The thumbnail does not appear to match. Or am I just blind?
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| doranchak | 2005-07-15 14:45:36 | Nafura oil/gas facility | This is in Nafura, Libya. The Keyhole BBS community has a post calling this general area a "Nafura oil/gas facility". |
| doranchak | 2005-07-15 11:02:33 | Cave Buttes Dam | Google Earth claims this is part of Cave Creek Reservoir. But, a google search for Cave Buttes yielded this:
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| doranchak | 2005-07-14 21:59:00 | Post-It note on Thailand? | Oh - check this out:
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=16.266289,103.356596&spn=0.004515,0.007522&t=k&hl=en... |
| doranchak | 2005-07-14 21:54:17 | Post-It note on Thailand? | You might be right! Perhaps yellow is a goof roof-color for Thailand due to the terrible heat.
OK, someone needs to organize a Thai road trip to solve this once and for all. :)... |
| doranchak | 2005-07-14 21:45:20 | Unidentified Floating Object | Interesting... well apparantly the island is popular for divers so perhaps the object is a big floating diving platform (or really big boat of some kind to hold divers). It must be really big... |
| doranchak | 2005-07-12 21:45:50 | Valle Molina Reservoir | Looks like it is called "Valle Molina Reservoir":
(scroll down to #13):
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| doranchak | 2005-07-12 11:05:21 | Isla San Esteban (Weird Fantasy island) | According to the map below it is "Isla San Esteban":
http://www.markandmeg.com/mark/map.jpg
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| doranchak | 2005-07-11 21:15:54 | Unknown platform in the Adriatic | OK more comment spam - I ruled out the Aqua Alta based on the lat/long coords posted here:
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| doranchak | 2005-07-11 21:07:46 | Unknown platform in the Adriatic | Another photo of the research platform:
http://homepage.mac.com/paduan/PhotoAlbum38.html
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| doranchak | 2005-07-11 21:06:32 | Unknown platform in the Adriatic | Hmm, found this one too:
http://web.tiscali.it/adriasub/it/fotosedici.htm
This is a... |
| doranchak | 2005-07-11 20:58:48 | Unknown platform in the Adriatic | I found this reference but the photo doesn't seem to match the satellite view (though it is hard to tell for sure):
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| doranchak | 2005-07-11 20:56:56 | Century II Convention Center | Cool! What did you perform? |
| doranchak | 2005-07-10 23:13:11 | Observatorio del Roque de los Muchacho | Homepage of the observatory:
http://www.iac.es/gabinete/orm/indice.html |
| doranchak | 2005-07-10 22:25:00 | Hillcrest Airport (Neighborhood with Runway) | Wow, I need to make friends there.
"Hey, can I take your plane for a spin?"
BTW I found that it is called Hillcrest Airport:
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| doranchak | 2005-07-10 13:33:26 | La Lobera (Sea cave with collapsed roof) | The mystery was solved by "Patrick" in the GoogleSightseeing forums:
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| doranchak | 2005-07-10 09:23:13 | Spanish Air Force Facility at Gran Canaria International Airport | I think it is part of Gran Canaria International Airport:
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| doranchak | 2005-07-09 07:44:55 | Spanish Air Force Facility at Gran Canaria International Airport | This is under "info requested" - what info is needed? |
| doranchak | 2005-07-08 20:04:48 | Buckingham Fountain | Good wiki info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckingham_Fountain
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| doranchak | 2005-07-08 13:05:25 | Battersea Power Station | This non-hippie says it was "Animals" from 1977. Groovy, man; I was only 3 years old that year!
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| doranchak | 2005-07-07 22:36:15 | Jebel Arkenu | Followup -
I think the area is called "Al Uwaynat desert". This map has a spot labelled "Al Uwaynat" that corresponds to the location of the rock formation:
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| doranchak | 2005-07-07 22:21:05 | Jebel Arkenu | It does appear to be volcanic. My first stab is that this is part of the Tibesti volcano complex, but Tibesti itself is a bit further west (see ... |
| doranchak | 2005-07-07 21:53:28 | Waly Chrobrego | Apparantly it translates to "Chrobry Banks":
http://www.staypoland.com/info_szczecin.htm
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| doranchak | 2005-07-07 21:47:40 | Water Feature | Perhaps a wastewater treatment lagoon type thingie?
A reservoir of some kind?
Maybe a pool used during mineral/chemical processing?
Some kind of fishery? |
| doranchak | 2005-07-07 21:33:40 | Strange appartment complex in Greenville | So now I'm second guessing myself. I emailed the mayor of Greenville and this is her response:
"The building is an apartment complex located between Irby St. & Mary St.
(behind... |
| doranchak | 2005-07-07 20:37:36 | Zalew Kamienski (Baltic Sea, Poland) | There is much more info here:
http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/46fd0/78941/
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| doranchak | 2005-07-06 20:49:47 | Strange appartment complex in Greenville | I searched on the street name (Irby) and found this address:
Newcomers Club of Greenville
1470 Irby, Greenville, MS 38701
981-3409
from this site:... |
| doranchak | 2005-07-06 13:17:27 | C-17 at Bagram Airbase | Looks like Bagram Airbase to me:
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| doranchak | 2005-07-01 00:02:14 | Al-Hosn Palace (Old White Fort), Abu Dhabi | More info:
http://faculty.uaeu.ac.ae/myagoub/Tourism_System/Qasr_Al.htm |
| doranchak | 2005-06-28 22:33:42 | Kabul Stadium | a.k.a. "Ghazi Stadium" |
| doranchak | 2005-06-27 14:08:43 | Post-It note on Thailand? | If only there was a message scribbled on that note! :)
"TO-DO: Remove packing tape before shipping images to Google server." |
