| Poster | Time | Map | Comment |
| jbottero | 2007-11-06 02:05:10 | Former Pease AFB Weapons Storage Area | Now an ANG bas:
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/pease.htm |
| jbottero | 2007-10-26 10:51:41 | F-16 in agressor paint landing at Nellis | Looks to me like it's landing, not taking off. It's *on the runway* at the departure end. |
| jbottero | 2007-10-25 16:05:52 | New Base & Fighters | From GlobalSecurity.org:
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/china/19fd.htm
19th... |
| jbottero | 2007-10-23 11:45:31 | Leonardo DiCaprio's House | Maybe until the hillside falls into the Pacific... |
| jbottero | 2007-10-22 17:29:31 | Malibu Castle Kashan | Burned to the ground.
http://www.foxnews.com/photoessay/0,4644,2508,00.html#26_423 |
| jbottero | 2007-10-18 21:31:40 | Plas Brondanw | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plas_Brondanw |
| jbottero | 2007-10-13 18:18:59 | Air Force Plant 3 | http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/afp-3.htm |
| jbottero | 2007-10-11 20:18:24 | McChord AFB Front Gate | Also, that drive-through next to the Visitor's Center is where they take random cars in and take 'em apart. No kidding. You give your permission by default when you drive on a Federal Facility. |
| jbottero | 2007-10-10 12:34:15 | Large yacht under construction | Looks more like it was under construction. Note the lack of equipment around it. |
| jbottero | 2007-10-04 18:10:58 | Bullseye ? | Awning over a sewage pond. Or maybe water reservior (note the watter tank). |
| jbottero | 2007-10-04 12:59:27 | Troll Airfield | Where is the map iamge actually from? Not Google Maps... |
| jbottero | 2007-10-03 14:47:15 | Cell Phone Tower in Disguise | Looks like a cheap used plastic office plant... The kind you find next to garbage dumpsters or at Goodwill... |
| jbottero | 2007-10-03 13:17:32 | Vera Coking's House | Here's an interesting web site on this. Seems there where two others in Vera's situation:
... |
| jbottero | 2007-09-30 16:52:57 | Antonov AN-74 at Rogachevo AB | Actually, it's probably an An-74, essentially the same as an AN-72, except modified for Arctic (extreme cold weather) use... |
| jbottero | 2007-09-29 22:31:55 | Pago Pago International Airport (PPG/NSTU) | Interesting coincidence, I was looking at this last week. That's a C-141, so it's an old image. |
| jbottero | 2007-09-27 10:05:44 | Cloaking device or imaging error? | There is development there? I was there three years ago for a class, I know they have a Navy brig and a new Commisary, but didn't see much in the way of contractor work... |
| jbottero | 2007-09-26 16:27:48 | Strange Circles | I had thought maybe an old tank farm, but it didn't look like the right type of area, very little industrial... |
| jbottero | 2007-09-24 20:27:13 | Seattle Ferry | Probably Bremerton. That's the side I've taken it from... |
| jbottero | 2007-09-23 18:54:54 | Censored at Timisoara | Maybe it's more of those Romanian UFOs:
http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/31474/ |
| jbottero | 2007-09-22 13:58:24 | Another Romanian UFO | Apparently, the aliens are teaching farming technique to the Romanians. This may have serious consequences to the balance of world power. |
| jbottero | 2007-09-21 11:24:56 | Seattle Ferry | This is the Coleman Dock.
Here's some ferry cam links:
http://www.ferrycam.com/dcseabain.htm |
| jbottero | 2007-09-20 21:05:43 | Odd Structures in the Desert of Sudan | However, there are some great travelogue stories about Abu Dom. I was looking for info on these buildings but found nothing.
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| jbottero | 2007-09-03 12:10:11 | Secret Propellers | It is kind of neat. Some of the debate says it's not as secret as all that, but it's certainly a rare glimpse! |
| jbottero | 2007-09-03 00:39:57 | Secret Propellers | Also discussed here:
http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/02/1929234 |
| jbottero | 2007-08-28 22:50:03 | Leschi Town - Complete fake city used for urban military training | Er, that's quite the URL. Should have just given the coordinates. Sorry! |
| jbottero | 2007-08-28 22:49:05 | Leschi Town - Complete fake city used for urban military training | "Are there Special Forces at Ft. Lewis?"
I've seen a building that says "Special Forces" on it and has a big fence, here:
... |
| jbottero | 2007-08-28 20:39:16 | Sand dunes encroaching the roads | In the Google pic, there is a lot of obvious structure damage (blue roofs are storm damage tarps), and road refuse. What storm would it have been? |
| jbottero | 2007-08-19 19:23:01 | Indiana Air National Guard F-16 Falcons | You'll notice two more a little away from the others in "stealth" mode... |
| jbottero | 2007-08-18 01:11:03 | Sewer system fighting simulator | I am told by one of my Ft Lewis friends that this is exactly what it is.. |
| jbottero | 2007-08-08 00:08:15 | Seth Rogen's Home | In LA that's 3-4 million dollar house... |
| jbottero | 2007-08-02 10:14:13 | 2007-08-01 - Bridge Collapse | Security Cam video of bridge going down:
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=1ab_1186054443&p=1 |
| jbottero | 2007-07-30 11:21:56 | 2006-11-16 - Deadly Crane Accident | Explaination of last paragraph of description:
The building had been started, but than money backing ran out and it was on hold. At that time, the original crane (pictured) was taken... |
| jbottero | 2007-07-30 00:09:23 | Heaven's Gate Cult Mansion | Didn't they tear it down? |
| jbottero | 2007-07-17 11:00:35 | Fremont Correctional Facility | Special Forces land in a cornfield on the grounds of a Colorado prison, about 3 miles off target. MISSION READY, YEAH BABY!
... |
| jbottero | 2007-07-13 20:36:00 | Truck Pulling Three Trailers | It's a UPS truck. |
| jbottero | 2007-07-08 00:07:55 | Tatooine in Star Wars IV | Than what's that thing at the Mohave airport? It's not the sail barge we're looking for? |
| jbottero | 2007-07-03 00:37:50 | Demolition of vacant office building | If you rotate the bird's eye pic, you can see the building before they started to hack into it... |
| jbottero | 2007-07-03 00:31:04 | Michael Jackson's Rented House (former) | http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,287309,00.html |
| jbottero | 2007-06-20 18:15:42 | Montreal Prison | Pools and tennis courts? What kind of prison is this... |
| jbottero | 2007-06-16 14:48:25 | Human shaped pond | What do you suppose it is? A private fishing lake? |
| jbottero | 2007-06-15 00:32:25 | HAZ | HAZardous... |
| jbottero | 2007-06-12 00:25:33 | Circle with degree markings in Edwards Air Force Base | This has been out there forever, I'm surprised it hadn't been added before now! Congrats... |
| jbottero | 2007-06-10 15:26:06 | Pair of derelict F-86 Sabres in Denmark | From the Google map, looks like there where 3 at one time... |
| jbottero | 2007-06-04 15:54:00 | Camo roof | But it's obviously camo. It isn't "exactly" a picture because it isn't a picture. I mean, obviously a roof can have a mural, but there is some artistic intent in a mural. A random camo pattern on a... |
| jbottero | 2007-06-03 12:12:57 | Skateboard ramps | Broken bone machines. |
| jbottero | 2007-06-03 00:13:46 | Antarctic Base Marambio | "This map has better detail in Google Earth than Google Maps"?
This map has *NO* detail in Google Maps. |
| jbottero | 2007-05-30 10:21:29 | SOS!!! A sunken ship | What's interesting about that is that it's not in the Google Map pic, so it's reasonably recent (or they removed it). |
| jbottero | 2007-05-28 14:54:00 | Western State Hospital Ruins | Ruins also used for search and rescue training. |
| jbottero | 2007-05-28 14:52:44 | Troop Formation at Command Post | Given all the cars and the fire truck display, I think either a high ranking officer retirement / finny flight, change of command, or VIP arrival. |
| jbottero | 2007-05-28 14:10:58 | Alert Facility at Little Rock AFB | Probably the Base Command Post, sort of the nerve center for base operations. All USAF bases have one, usually on the flightline. |
| jbottero | 2007-05-26 13:00:59 | Pont de Langlois (Van Gogh Bridge) | "Le pont de Langlois" by Van Gogh. |
| jbottero | 2007-05-24 20:09:45 | Simbel Observatory | There is supposed to be a radio telescope up that way, but I don't thing these buildings are it.
Now, a little up the road at 22.373393, 31.624542 is something interesting. What are... |
| jbottero | 2007-05-22 11:14:25 | Convertible parked at an AutoZone store | Really? I thought it was a blue Chevy pick-up. |
| jbottero | 2007-05-22 11:04:23 | Billboards used as roofs | In the "old days", billboards had paper surfaces that where put up with glue. These days, they are actually huge plastic tarps that fit over the board like a fitted sheet. |
| jbottero | 2007-05-21 23:32:15 | Censored area | The Google map shows a couple of uninteresting D.C. office buildings with courtyards. Oh, and the rooftop missile batteries... |
| jbottero | 2007-05-20 10:59:45 | Coolest parking garage of all time | Bad links. |
| jbottero | 2007-05-19 22:37:43 | Searles Castle | http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/05/19/castle.forsale.ap/index.html |
| jbottero | 2007-05-19 16:18:37 | Fenced-in planes off airport | But, there is still no direct access to the aircraft area of the airport. |
| jbottero | 2007-05-19 13:03:56 | Camp Zeist - Pan Am 103 trial site | Camp Zeist is a former NATO airbase. Not Former US Air Force base. |
| jbottero | 2007-05-18 19:33:19 | SARPOM Trecate Refinery (Censored in Local.Live) | They've even added in a commercial airliner. |
| jbottero | 2007-05-14 23:27:42 | Giant Jesus Christ | He must have looked Medusa in the eyes, he's turned to stone... |
| jbottero | 2007-05-13 12:42:20 | Château de Fourques | Note the cemetery next to the château... |
| jbottero | 2007-05-12 23:05:56 | Lost Prairie Airport | News story here: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,271860,00.html |
| jbottero | 2007-05-12 13:03:34 | UPS DC-8-73 at KSTL | I wonder how many DC-3s are still flying cargo regularly in "third world countries"? |
| jbottero | 2007-05-10 22:54:27 | Censorship in Syracruse | But from an "operational" standpoint, what does it hide? As far as censorship goes, it's not very effective. |
| jbottero | 2007-05-10 22:43:29 | Censored Area | It's alive and well on Google Maps... Bunch af factory-looking buildings and some fuel tanks. |
| jbottero | 2007-05-09 20:38:19 | Orange boat (lightship) | It's a lighthouse ship.
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| jbottero | 2007-05-06 01:01:48 | South apron censored at Rochester International | Most of the airport is blurred out a little in Google, but the Local Live Bird's Eye shows nothing of much interest there. |
| jbottero | 2007-05-04 23:54:13 | Castle on Arnold Mill Road | Better:
http://roadsidegeorgia.com/places/thecastle.html |
| jbottero | 2007-05-04 23:52:59 | Castle on Arnold Mill Road | http://www.dupontcastle.com/castles/ga_unk2.htm |
| jbottero | 2007-04-25 00:28:06 | Ducal Square ( Piazza Ducale ) | Non parlo italiano, ma Google… |
| jbottero | 2007-04-25 00:18:41 | Aircraft flying over Quantico Marine Corps Base | C-17? |
| jbottero | 2007-04-22 13:13:24 | Hydrofoil Passenger Ferry | Seems to be travailing backward. |
| jbottero | 2007-04-21 19:57:47 | 2007-04-21 - Blue Angels Jet Crash | More details: http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/04/21/blueangels.crash/index.html |
| jbottero | 2007-04-21 19:18:04 | "Alignement du XXIe siècle" by Aurélie Nemours | "Alignment of the 21st century"? |
| jbottero | 2007-04-19 10:02:53 | Branch Davidian - Mt. Carmel - Feb 28, 1993 | The Branch Davidians are a religious sect who originated from a schism in 1955 from the Davidian Seventh Day Adventists, themselves former members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church who were... |
| jbottero | 2007-04-17 23:50:36 | Jay Leno's House | What about this one?
http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/25773/ |
| jbottero | 2007-04-17 17:07:33 | 2007-04-16 - Virginia Tech Shooter's Off Campus Appartment | Read what my comment to the picture was: The Virginia Tech Shooter had both an on and off campus address. This is varified by AP and Fox News. In addition, his parents live there.
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| jbottero | 2007-04-16 20:07:19 | Highline Community College | What's with the roof-tops in the Google Map image? Looks like they have been altered... |
| jbottero | 2007-04-11 23:43:23 | Jet leaving McCarran International | Southwest Air? |
| jbottero | 2007-04-11 17:46:46 | Some Type of Russian Jet? | Looks like there is another of the same make on the other side of the hanger. |
| jbottero | 2007-04-11 09:59:01 | NASA C-130 (N427NA (cn 4901)) at John H Batten Field | Thinking about it, that must be the NASA logo on the tail... |
| jbottero | 2007-04-08 21:16:25 | 8 FERRARI in luxury villa Beverly Hills | How can you tell they are Ferraris? |
| jbottero | 2007-04-01 23:08:20 | RC-135S Cobra Ball | Is one wing painted black? Or is that just a visual effect? |
| jbottero | 2007-03-30 19:46:21 | Ann Frank's House | http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,262525,00.html |
| jbottero | 2007-03-27 18:37:07 | McNeil Island Correctional Facility | The triangular buildings are the Sex Offender units. |
| jbottero | 2007-03-23 10:49:32 | Malibu Castle Kashan | You sure this isn't a "Luxury villa"? |
| jbottero | 2007-03-18 11:25:29 | NASA C-130 (N427NA (cn 4901)) at John H Batten Field | Can't see the tail numbers to find out the owner, but obviouslt, it's not official military. Maybe fire fighting? CIA? |
| jbottero | 2007-03-06 16:33:06 | Aircraft flying in formation | It's all the same plane. Not very well done. Wonder why they did it? |
| jbottero | 2007-03-05 11:44:51 | "Cruise Missile" in Flight | I think it's a MD-90. See my pic that I've uploaded. |
| jbottero | 2007-03-04 12:04:52 | M5 Industries/ Mythbusters | In the Live pictures, you can see the roof-top green houses they used to see if different types of music effected plant growth. |
| jbottero | 2007-02-27 17:46:46 | Small Arms Range at Moses Lake | At the north end there is a taxiway between the two runways that looks like it might actually be used for touch-and-goes by perhaps fighter jets? Perhaps Navy jets from Whidbey Island? |
| jbottero | 2007-02-27 17:08:14 | Umbrailpass | From Google translation of Wikipedia link:
The Umbrailpass (ital. also Giogo di Santa Maria, in former times also “Wormser yoke”) is a mountain pass at the border between Italy and... |
| jbottero | 2007-02-23 19:05:11 | Fort St Elmo in Valetta in Malta | Midnight Express at IMDB:
http://imdb.com/title/tt0077928/
Old but still good. |
| jbottero | 2007-02-15 08:08:11 | "Fighter" squadron at Aircombat USA | Looked all over for price list... Guess if I have to ask, clearly I can't afford it. |
| jbottero | 2007-02-01 22:48:23 | Film set at Bavaria Film Studios | Wow. There are little pieces of Europe all over that studio lot. |
| jbottero | 2007-01-31 19:11:45 | Trident subs being serviced | I agree with Anonymous, I think it looks very much like missile being serviced. There a lot of stuff going on at that location, look at the Google Map. Several dry docks and other operations that are... |
| jbottero | 2007-01-28 21:56:17 | Mast of the USS Oregon | The Live picture was taken during the Rose Festival, where there is a nice parade with floats covered with flowers, and a "fun park" on the waterfront. They line Waterfront Park with amusement rides... |
| jbottero | 2007-01-28 20:51:49 | Mast of the USS Oregon | Also see here: http://www.spanamwar.com/oregon.htm |
| jbottero | 2007-01-26 21:56:29 | Zingaro Circus on tour | To me it looks like some type of agricultural project. |
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