| Poster | Time | Map | Comment |
| Pdunn | 2006-06-27 15:05:03 | North Korea's Invisible Airforce | Despite snowfall since the last map upgrade, North Korea's Invisible Airforce is still visible through the snow:
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| Pdunn | 2006-06-24 23:43:29 | VIPs Preflight | Please include in Sunday's thumbs, even though they were in Saturday's que. Thanks. |
| Pdunn | 2006-06-24 14:18:41 | US Army Singal Intelligence site | I came across another one of these contraptions while exploring Boeing Field in Seattle, check it out:
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| Pdunn | 2006-06-23 06:18:39 | Unknown Aircraft at Sondok | Thanks for clearing that up. The length of the pumps and piping is similar to the plane next to it, and it was sleek enough to look airplane-like. However, the North Koreans aren't known for sleek. |
| Pdunn | 2006-06-22 20:11:13 | Burned out Buildings, Russian Fighters at Anadyr/Ugolny Air Base | It is very telling how unkept this airbase is compared to those of other nations. |
| Pdunn | 2006-06-22 20:09:32 | Burned out Buildings, Russian Fighters at Anadyr/Ugolny Air Base | I think there may be an optical illusion at work here. There is a gray hue thrughout the entire airbase that makes the entire place look like it was recently obliterated. I think it is just a hue... |
| Pdunn | 2006-06-21 15:57:49 | Formula One Tent City | To your credit there are a large number of motorcycles around the parking area, and it is odd that more car chasis aren't visible than the ones I listed above. Epsecially in front of the team trucks. |
| Pdunn | 2006-06-21 15:55:16 | Formula One Tent City | You sound much more knowledgable about it than I am. However, there are a pair of what I think are Formula-1 chasis in a hospitality tent that led me to believe this was an F-1 Race. Here's the... |
| Pdunn | 2006-06-20 04:16:39 | North Korean No-Dong Missile Launch Facility | Weather update over the Korean Peninsula (June 20, 2006):
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| Pdunn | 2006-06-20 03:51:45 | North Korean No-Dong Missile Engine Test Stand | Dirt roads are dirt roads. Lack of infrastructure is lack of infrastructure. Open the map, take a walk around. Have things changed considerably from the time of the Fas article and the taking of... |
| Pdunn | 2006-06-19 08:12:13 | North Korean No-Dong Missile Engine Test Stand | If it were to come to that, yes. However, one thing the US has going for it other than the primative state of North Korea's launch site—is the fact it takes two solid days to fuel their missile... |
| Pdunn | 2006-06-18 22:28:00 | North Korean No-Dong Missile Engine Test Stand | Here's an article mentioning the primative state of North Korea's Launch Facilities that are cleary evident in these thumbnails:
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| Pdunn | 2006-06-18 22:26:58 | North Korean No-Dong Missile Assembly Building | http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/dprk/facility/nodong.htm |
| Pdunn | 2006-06-18 22:26:43 | North Korean No-Dong Missile Launch Facility | Here's an article mentioning the primative state of North Korea's Launch Facilities that are cleary evident in these thumbnails:
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| Pdunn | 2006-06-18 22:19:31 | North Korean No-Dong Missile Engine Test Stand | his is the Masudan-ri Missile launch site in North Korea, where reports indicate Sunday, June 18, 2006, the North Korean's have fueled and are preparing to test fire a long range Taepodong... |
| Pdunn | 2006-06-18 22:19:07 | North Korean No-Dong Missile Mission Control | his is the Masudan-ri Missile launch site in North Korea, where reports indicate Sunday, June 18, 2006, the North Korean's have fueled and are preparing to test fire a long range Taepodong... |
| Pdunn | 2006-06-18 22:18:49 | North Korean No-Dong Missile Launch Facility | his is the Masudan-ri Missile launch site in North Korea, where reports indicate Sunday, June 18, 2006, the North Korean's have fueled and are preparing to test fire a long range Taepodong... |
| Pdunn | 2006-06-18 22:18:31 | North Korean No-Dong Missile Assembly Building | This is the Masudan-ri Missile launch site in North Korea, where reports indicate Sunday, June 18, 2006, the North Korean's have fueled and are preparing to test fire a long range Taepodong... |
| Pdunn | 2006-06-18 13:57:34 | Sea Entrance to Jianggerzhuang Underground Sub Base | Here is an article that appeared in the Washington Times (02/16/06) detailing efforts by China to conceal much of the recent expansion of its nuclear war fighting capability.
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| Pdunn | 2006-06-15 19:55:23 | North Korean Sub Fleet | Thanks for the homework. It's always nice to know what we're looking at. |
| Pdunn | 2006-06-10 20:55:38 | 2006-06-07 - Best Guess to location Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was killed | Here is a good overhead shot of the canal and surroundings near Zarqawi's last stand:
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| Pdunn | 2006-06-09 17:49:55 | The Abu Musab al-Zarqawi House (which no longer exists) | If you would like to move the screenshots of the gun camera footage of this neighborhood up to this thumbnail I would not object. |
| Pdunn | 2006-06-09 17:46:35 | The Abu Musab al-Zarqawi House (which no longer exists) | My "best guess" was on the same street but a few hundred yards to the south. The New York Times shows the house shown here as the correct house. So I defer to washelt2. Good find. |
| Pdunn | 2006-06-08 18:53:13 | 2006-06-07 - Best Guess to location Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was killed | The image above is also from Hibhib. The location the Iraqi blogger indicates appears to lack the trees the Pentagon's gun camera footage shows. |
| Pdunn | 2006-06-05 16:42:55 | Corsair or Hellcat | I did a little homework of the North Island Naval Air Station, and it turns out that it was home to the first ever squadron of F4-U Corsairs. Judging by this fact alone, I'm convinced it is a... |
| Pdunn | 2006-06-05 16:39:14 | Corsair or Hellcat | I cast my vote with voldude123. Here is a Corsair from another map and it appears to have the similar proportions as the one pictured here:
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| Pdunn | 2006-06-05 14:08:09 | Corsair or Hellcat | Thanks for the info. You could be right, however, I would wager it's the real McCoy, simply becuase it is parked on the tarmac of a Naval Airstation that has other vintage aircraft like a pair of ... |
| Pdunn | 2006-04-26 23:22:34 | Recently rediscovered U-boat pens | Not only has Google replaced the area with an old map. They've replaced the area with a very old map. In the shot being used now 3/4 of the airfield is still under construction. At the time of the... |
| Pdunn | 2006-04-26 23:12:24 | Recently rediscovered U-boat pens | Evidently, Google has replaced the area with an old map. The thumbnail shown was taken from a different map set just a couple of weeks ago (4/13/06). I recently had the privildedge to visit the site... |
| Pdunn | 2006-04-26 23:03:34 | Recently rediscovered U-boat pens | That is odd. I wonder if the original site could have been taken before the area had been dug out. Evidently, the thick walls of the old pens wreaked havoc on Airbus' efforts to extend the runway... |
| Pdunn | 2006-04-10 20:35:02 | Not-So-Smooth Sailing through the mussle racks | Interesting theories. It never occurred to me that we could be seeing something below the surface. I guess the clincher will be if we can find a boat actually over the top of one of the structures. |
| Pdunn | 2006-04-08 08:44:17 | Folland Gnat T.1 | This one's perplexing. However, after running the image by someone who worked on the A-7 for Vaught back in the 70's, after agreeing it looked A-7-ish, took out a magnifying glass, and--like you... |
| Pdunn | 2006-04-03 16:18:37 | Folland Gnat T.1 | Thanks for the research. Although, there is a listing of a Gnat being restored in the area, to me this particular aircraft doesn't appear as sleak as a Gnat:
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| Pdunn | 2006-03-20 09:58:57 | Gliders - Close Call | Thanks Albino Flea.
The discussion's conclusion was that rater than a "close call" this shot captured two sailplanes sharing the same thermal— a fairly common occurance. |
| Pdunn | 2006-03-19 15:41:55 | British Wellington Bomber | Thanks. Sounds like you know your stuff. I'll defer to your call. It's a Bristol Bolingbroke. |
| Pdunn | 2006-03-14 16:35:40 | Airplane - Military Jets over water | The resolution available on these F-18 is MUCH better than the thumbnail shows. |
| Pdunn | 2006-03-12 13:38:09 | Very Large Adit Into Mountain Adjacent Iran's Isfahan Nuclear Processing Facilities | This is the super-secret underground complex that led the international community to conclude the Iranians are up to less-than-peaceful intentions with their nuclear program. The area beneath this... |
| Pdunn | 2006-03-09 16:16:54 | North Korean Missiles near Airbase | Like Batman answering to a bat-shaped becon in the clouds, label a bunch of propane tanks missiles, and you can be sure Analogman will appear out of thin air to set things right again in the world. ... |
| Pdunn | 2006-03-06 20:55:52 | IED Attack in Baghdad | By the number of spectators visible on both sides of the road and up and down the street, I think chances are it was indeed an IED. However, a flaming car of any sort also tends to draw crowds. If... |
| Pdunn | 2006-03-06 17:17:23 | IED Attack in Baghdad | You're right, it could be a car fire. However, in a city where they have dozens of IED in a day, chances are high that the aftermath of one of them would be vissible by a passing satellite. Many... |
| Pdunn | 2006-03-04 14:00:00 | Al Asad airfield | This is the Al Sad airfield in Western Iraq, Iraq's second largest. It was taken by Austrailian Special Forces during a hottly contested battle pitting the SF troops against specially modified SUVs... |
| Pdunn | 2006-03-01 16:11:04 | Airplane (DC-3) over Greek Isles | With the higher resolution now available through Google Earth, I'm convinced this is a DC-3. Oddly, a camouflaged DC-3. |
| Pdunn | 2006-02-24 16:30:06 | 84th Aero Squadron Restaurant | The P-40 Warhawk, Me 109, F4U Corsair, P-51 Mustang and P-47 Thunderbolt pictured here are part of the 84th Aero Squadron Restaurant's display adjacent to the museum. The food there is excellent... |
| Pdunn | 2006-02-24 11:22:22 | Airplane (F-16) In Flight Over Thailand | Look out ahead of the plane and you'll see that distinctive motion blur. Also, I thought the object to the south east near the taxiway was Plane #1's shadow, but judging by the motion blur ahead of... |
| Pdunn | 2006-02-22 20:54:06 | Airplane (F-15) In flight | It's a motion blur the satellite picks up with
virtually every fast moving object. Sometimes it's
easier to spot aircraft by the smudge than the plane
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| Pdunn | 2006-02-22 11:18:11 | Mosque | Worshipers have dispersed since Google's previous update. |
| Pdunn | 2006-02-22 10:53:44 | Fire within Ataturk Airport | Evidently, the fire has been extinguished since Google's last Map update. |
| Pdunn | 2006-02-22 10:30:42 | Airplane (F-15) in flight | There's another at about 5:00 to the south east, however, it is too blurry to post (Four inches away at highest magnification) |
| Pdunn | 2006-02-20 12:52:01 | Shadow of North Korean Fighter in flight | With the higher resolution available since this image was posted, I'm led to wonder if this is not the actual fighter plane rather than a shadow of a mystery plane. |
| pdunn | 2006-01-31 20:40:05 | Daddy, Mamma & Baby Elephants | How on Google Earth did you ever find such small thumbnails? Very cool.
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| pdunn | 2006-01-23 08:15:02 | MIG In Scrap Heap | Here's a photo of a FOXBAT in a scrap heap from FLICKR, although, I'm not positive it's the above MiG in a scrap heap:
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| pdunn | 2005-12-17 10:37:42 | University of Saskatchewan | You want to see big maps? Try this one on for size:
http://www.flashearth.com/ |
| pdunn | 2005-12-10 00:23:37 | Tanks in the mud | This is just south of the Syrian border. |
| pdunn | 2005-12-09 18:31:29 | Surrounded Boat | I'm sorry, I'm still not convinced. The objects appear to have square edges and are very un-wakelike. Check out the boat three boats away to the north and you will find similar objects, but only on... |
| pdunn | 2005-11-29 18:55:03 | Barlock Early Warning Radar? | Directly south there are three similar, though unpaved, mounds in miniture that Global Security.Org has pegged as Anti-Aircraft Guns.
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| pdunn | 2005-11-27 10:09:54 | Baghdad Parade Grounds | Here is a photostream from Flickr showing Saddam's Parade Grounds and the immediate vicinity from a ground-eye view:
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| pdunn | 2005-11-26 19:02:04 | American RQ-1 Predator UAVs | Here's a photo stream of one of these very predators in flight:
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| pdunn | 2005-11-26 18:57:57 | Iraqi MIG-23s Pushed Aside | Here's a close-up of these very planes from the ground:
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| pdunn | 2005-11-24 09:28:59 | Funny Place To Park a MiG | It's obvious by the teeter-totters and squirrels. |
| pdunn | 2005-11-15 09:34:16 | Tanks in berms near Fallujha | Here is a photostream of life on the ground in and around "Camp Fallujha:"
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| pdunn | 2005-11-14 13:19:13 | Bombed out road | It's very common in that area to encounter multiple well openings following the path of an underground aquafer. I think that is what you are seeing here. |
| pdunn | 2005-11-13 20:41:09 | Iraqi aircraft in the sand | Here is an even better photo-stream of the Migs being unearthed:
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| pdunn | 2005-11-13 20:33:42 | Iraqi aircraft in the sand | Here's a links to an incredible photos of a MiG-25 Foxbat being dug out of a large sand dune near Al Taqadum Airfield:
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| pdunn | 2005-11-13 17:49:46 | Pair of Bar Lock early warning radar | Interesting. I've run into numerous ramp-shaped mounds throughout Iraq and wondered what they were. Now I know. Thanks for the detailed posts. We all appreciate it. |
| pdunn | 2005-11-11 21:03:23 | Airplane on its side performing in an air show | Believe me, I looked. But all I could find was a plane on a pole. And I imagine it had been sitting motionless for quite some time. |
| pdunn | 2005-11-11 21:01:54 | Airplane on its side performing in an air show | I give the aerobatics and your find a "10" for degree of dificulty. |
| pdunn | 2005-11-11 08:21:28 | Small Airstrip near Najaf | Closer inspection reveals shaded areas on airstrip are not aircraft but stains and discoloration. |
| pdunn | 2005-11-09 12:53:14 | Upscale Neighborhood in Iraq | Other than the fact it stood out for its opulance, the selection of Saddam's actual neighborhood was purely coincidental. |
| pdunn | 2005-11-08 13:16:58 | Al Shamiah Army Ammunition Depot | Here are some photos of what this area looks like on the ground:
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| pdunn | 2005-11-08 12:45:09 | Barbados Movie Theatre (?) | Ploys like this are what happens when you're up beyond 1:00 a.m. looking for something interesting. Your eyes get blurry and next thing you know, you're inventing movie theaters in Barbados. |
| pdunn | 2005-11-08 12:25:28 | Barbados Movie Theatre (?) | As long as its followed by a question mark. |
| pdunn | 2005-11-08 07:30:21 | Barbados Movie Theatre (?) | I read the rules to the contest wrong. I thought finding the most obsucre category (theatre, movie-5), in the most obscure location (Barbados-1), earned the most points. |
| pdunn | 2005-11-07 22:21:21 | Acre Upon Acre of Anal Retentive Trees in Libya | ;0) |
| pdunn | 2005-11-07 22:18:15 | Eight Iraqi Aircraft Dispersed Around Airstrip | Using Google Earth, 13 planes are visible. |
| pdunn | 2005-11-06 21:38:40 | Acre Upon Acre of Anal Retentive Trees in Libya | The short version: "...traits that include orderliness, rigidity, obstinacy, obsession with rules, meticulousness, and ungenerousness."
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| pdunn | 2005-11-06 21:36:34 | Acre Upon Acre of Anal Retentive Trees in Libya | "The expression anal retentive derives from psychoanalytic theory. Sigmund Freud theorized that after birth, a person progresses through a series of stages that, in a healthy individual, would reach... |
| pdunn | 2005-11-06 15:00:41 | North Korea's Invisible Airforce | In Google Earth, many of these planes have distinct shadows, leading me to believe that these may actually be 3-dimensional, rather than painted on the ground as I first believed. |
| pdunn | 2005-11-06 14:27:36 | Orbs With Shadows Over North Korea | These are to the north east (not south) of the plane flying through the area. |
| pdunn | 2005-11-06 00:33:50 | Airplane over North Korea | Here's this plane's wingman:
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| pdunn | 2005-11-06 00:16:23 | Airplane over North Korea | I was thinking they were being dropped from the tower to the west. However, if that were the case, I don't think they would be as scattered as they are, or able to travel as far as they have... |
| pdunn | 2005-11-06 00:01:37 | Airplane over North Korea | There's a very high tower just west of the orbs. Could this be a jump tower and what we are seeing are airborne troops parachuting from the tower. It could explain why some of the orbs are a... |
| pdunn | 2005-11-05 23:53:49 | Airplane over North Korea | You are right! There are clearly shadows to each of the orbs. I had assumed they were just an exposure errors. Great catch! Any guesses as to what they might be? |
| pdunn | 2005-11-05 23:49:26 | Airplane over North Korea | Cool observation. I'll check it out.
I had submitted a similar map awhile back labled "North Korean Aircraft on Hilltop Far From Airstrip." I imagine it was probably in flight also. |
| pdunn | 2005-11-05 19:28:26 | Oil and Water | Without absolute certainty, this appears very similar to numerous more obvious pipeline spills in southern Iraq. There appears to be a pipeline running from southeast to northwest a little left of... |
| pdunn | 2005-11-04 12:19:26 | Iranian F-14 Fighter | You're right about the difference Google Earth resolution makes over that of Google Local's resolution. There's no mistaking that that is an F-14, while in Google Local, it's questionable whether... |
| pdunn | 2005-11-03 20:37:10 | Stabilization Thrusters On Supertanker? | Well, they say you learn more by failing. So I've learned quite a bit it would seem in my erronious guesses. Thanks for the great information once again. |
| pdunn | 2005-10-29 22:36:22 | Camouflaged Dispersal Area | There is a 3rd MiG 23 barely visible on the southernmost thoroughfare, bringing the total visible aircraft to ten. |
| pdunn | 2005-10-29 22:11:54 | Pair of Liybian MIG-25 Foxbats | Great. Thanks again for the info. |
| pdunn | 2005-10-29 14:57:01 | Pair of Liybian MIG-25 Foxbats | That "garden area" is interesting. It has been landscaped to look like the surrounding countryside, complete with grass-covered hangars and manicured shrubbery. If not for the dozen or so fighters... |
| pdunn | 2005-10-29 14:52:15 | Pair of Liybian MIG-25 Foxbats | Is that a missile battery parked in middle of the garden area near the seven other MiG-25s and pair of MiG-23s? |
| pdunn | 2005-10-29 14:39:30 | Pair of Liybian MIG-25 Foxbats | When you say the TU-22 is "unused" is it because it is in the bushes, or are there other tailtale signs that it is dormant? |
| pdunn | 2005-10-29 14:37:27 | Pair of Liybian MIG-25 Foxbats | Thanks for the schooling. It is appreciated. |
| pdunn | 2005-10-29 09:27:05 | Very Large Adit Into Mountain Adjacent Iran's Isfahan Nuclear Processing Facilities | To appreciate the true size of this opening into the mountainside, notice the semi-truck rounding the bend near the opening's entrance. |
| pdunn | 2005-10-25 15:03:43 | Multi-colored Fighters at Nellis AFB | There is some incredible footabe of these very fighters in the new on video IMAX movie: FIGHTER PILOT: Operation Red Flag. Highly recommended. |
| pdunn | 2005-10-24 17:48:20 | Hulk of an old battleship | Cool find. |
| pdunn | 2005-10-24 11:56:12 | az-Zubayr naval missile assembly and storage facility | Once again, great information. We appreciate your insight. |
| pdunn | 2005-10-19 16:41:19 | Something Burried In Iraq | It does look fortress-like |
| pdunn | 2005-10-18 14:48:28 | Mysterious Objects: Well Protected In Iraqi Mountains | I would agree that the berms in the lowland are for protection, but what are the objects protruding high above the ridge line? They have to be nearly fifty-feet tall. |
| pdunn | 2005-10-16 20:34:27 | Korean MIG-19s Coming out of mountainside? | I give that one a "10." Super catch! |
| pdunn | 2005-10-14 21:32:12 | Upscale Neighborhood in Iraq | The image is of a neighborhood in Sadam Hussein;s home town, Tikrit. Take a gander at the homes in this and other Tikrit neighborhoods, and it becomes clear these people enjoyed Sadam's favor more... |
