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Anonymous is only partly correct. This may be the old sub pens but it is also definitely the aquarium.

http://www.panoramio.com/photo/675305

Very nice. Thanks. These are the kinds of posts I really like in VGT.

Looks like someone tied a string to a rock and tossed it at the camera car.

Non face blurred happiness at that.

The dome here is the remains of the "Temple of Apollo" from the first century. It is the second largest dome built by the Romans after the Pantheon in Rome.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Roman_domes#Domes

BEV shows the fair in progress in some of the south facing views.

Location of the BBC series Edwardian Farm:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwardian_Farm

Pshew!

I think Parabellum has it: Hemiptera Pentatomoidea (Shield Bug)

http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&expIds=17259&sugexp=ldymls&xhr=t&q=Hemiptera+Pentatomoidea&cp=23&safe=off&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&biw=1152&bih=762&sout=1

I think the legs are too short for Nezara viridula:

http://www.google.com/images?q=Nezara+viridula&um=1&hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&sout=1&tbs=isch:1&ei=JSYRTZfMEYP58Aagm_nYDQ&sa=N&start=20&ndsp=20&biw=1152&bih=762

Good job!

Extra points for identifying the type of bug. :)

Please don't mix thumbnails and URLs. The thumbnail must come from the map you submit, not an image from some other source. In this case you submitted a Bing URL but a thumbnail that was not from any mapping service. I've fixed this one but if you submit more in the future please read the FAQ. Thanks.

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Velorex:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velorex

In front of the location of the St Patrick's Day Parade reviewing stand.

http://pawtucketstpatricksdayparade.org/?page_id=70

It is in regular GM imagery too.

These cars sparked a internet conspiracy a few years ago when it was claimed that these were UN vehicles pre positioned for a US takeover of the US government. In fact they were KIA imports that were stored here until they were absorbed by the Cash-For-Clunkers bailout.

http://www.reynoldspark.com/public_notice_un_cars.pdf

http://www.airliners.net/photo/US-Customs-&/Lockheed-P-3B-Orion/1758051/M/
http://www.airliners.net/photo/US-Customs-&/Lockheed-P-3-AEW&C/1802345/M/

I'm lovin' the art car series. Thanks!

Still in historical imagery in GE.

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The curved shore to the west is where MythBusters filmed the Archimedes Mirror segment using students from Encinal High School.

They are concrete tetrapods, four-legged concrete structures used as armor units on breakwaters. The Tetrapod's shape is designed to dissipate the force of incoming waves and protect the breakwater from erosion.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetrapod_%28structure%29

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A link to the wiki would be fine. The first few posts are often rough until you figure out the local customs.

Google blurred the beer but not the face. :)

Please do not submit 'split view' URLs.

http://www.hangar-7.com/en/architecture/facts/
http://www.kontaktmag.com/architecture/red-bulls-austrian-wing/

Also the site of the first Emmy Awards.

Here it is:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Electric_Research_Laboratory

Yes. GE.

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SOOO close. Great find.

Dirty Dozen bike race climbs 12 of the steepest hills in Pittsburgh. They hit this hill at 6:20 in this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LX_wYGEJ8jM

Sorry, adrbr. As Tyco points out this should have been accepted since the Note states TV or Movie. I like your alternate better than this one thought. I hope you didn't blow too much time looking for the new one.

Aw crud. You're right, of course. Sorry about that. I should read my own rules, huh? My original intention was just movies but I messed up the Note. I'll restore your points and someone elses who i rejected early on.

Terrible movie. Great map.

32° Stormo flies Predator UAVs out of here.

Sorry. Good map but a shipyard was already submitted by Tyco:

http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/daewoo-shipbuilding/

Read Note 4: "Once one industry has been posted by someone then no more instances of that industry will be accepted. "

This is a TV location not a movie set.

Anonymous is right. The March 2003 imagery clearly shows tracks going from the excavations to the mini-dams. Thanks anonymous.

BUT... this definitely is earth moving. It may be a mix of both?

http://www.bing.com/maps/default.aspx?v=2&cp=34.57874935910931~-92.19624900918436&lvl=17&dir=0&sty=h

OK, counter argument in favor of KRL's oxbow theory is this site to the south. Now I'm not convinced it is earth moving.

http://www.bing.com/maps/default.aspx?v=2&cp=34.532338168854814~-92.16950202088984&lvl=18&dir=0&sty=h

The sweeping canal that someone has obviously been trying to block with the 'mini-dams' IS most definitely an oxbow though.

They are a bit small for oxbows / meanders. And I'd expect to see them all around the area if they were. They seem local to this small patch though.

I think the story becomes clearer when you look in Bing. There has been a lot of earth moving in the area to deal with flooding and draining. See the area just to the NW. The plain just to the east has a few of the trenches and they look like they are the result of earth removal, probably to build the mounds and mini-dams in the...

Sorry. That's a TV set/location. Technically it needs to be a movie set. Cool post though.

Ok, that's a film studio. The category is film set. From the notes:

"Identify the movie or television series. Not looking for a location that was used in filming. Looking for props and sets."

You've just said this was the location of lots of Bollywood films.

Another picture here:

http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/static.panoramio.com/photos/original/30660470.jpg

Coast guard?

Found a picture of it here:
http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/static.panoramio.com/photos/original/29816191.jpg

Probably a ferry.

Looks a lot like a Class 22 patrol boat but is a bit longer:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houbei_class_missile_boat

This type of sub is a Mobimar LS-250 Mark III.

Bouvet is the setting of the 2004 movie Alien vs. Predator, in which it is referred to using its Norwegian name "Bouvetøya" even though in the unrated edition of the film, a satellite focuses in on the island which is geographically situated in the approximate location of Peter I Island.

another shot of it in the water here in the West facing view:
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&t=k&q=United+States&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=United+States&ll=36.830593,-76.292374&spn=0.00193,0.002758°=270&z=19

This is the island on which Michener based his fictional island Bali Ha'i in his book Tales of the South Pacific.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bali_hai

You need two or more turntables for the hunt. This location only has one.

There is no game in progress. One or two people in the stands would be very unlikely. The parking lots in the area are all empty. This may be practice.

Please turn off labels before making your thumbnails. Please submit a new thumbnail for this.

Great find!

Two more shots of the same ship here:
http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/uss-blue-ridge-lcc-19/
http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/command-ship-uss-blue-ridge-lcc-19/

And its sister ship here:
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Neither ship is a cruise ship.

Please use descriptive titles.

That is the USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Blue_Ridge_%28LCC-19%29

Uncheck the 'Labels' checkbox in the upper right corner of your map.

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What type of Navy ships are they? They look like a fishing vessel (L) and buoy tender (r).

This ship has been captured in VGT before delivery and now after retirement:
http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/hawaii-superferry-alakai-pre-delivery/

In a move that apparently surprised many islanders the Chief Minister of Norfolk Island David Buffett announced on November 6, 2010 that the island would voluntary surrender its self-governing status in return for a financial bailout from the federal government to cover significant debts.

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Nancy in the movie Groundhog Day.

Walking into "New York City Human Resources." His bag has a "Tips" sign on it.

Much higher res imagery now.

Looks like a C-130 departing the AFB.

More info here:
http://geimint.blogspot.com/2010/10/image-of-week-luoyang-nighthawk.html

I'd love to know the story behind this one.

It is a YF-18A, the second F-18 prototype. Sad.
http://www.airliners.net/photo/USA---Navy/McDonnell-Douglas-YF-18A/1788156/M/

Glastonbury 2010 canceled due to lack of toilets:
http://www.metro.co.uk/music/844287-glastonbury-2012-cancelled-due-to-lack-of-toilets

The dome, once the largest clear span dome in the world, has been torn down:
http://www.psfk.com/2010/10/a-necessary-ruin.html

Video tour:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bcja8UBtXdk

Check out the imagery just to the north. It was taken at a very acute angle. Almost 45 degrees. You don't see much of that anymore in the GM imagery database.

These are pretty rare. I've only seen them once or twice in my life.

Without the word FIAT in the title or description it won't.

The aircraft in old style GM is a C-17 but the plane in the 45 degree imagery is most definitely a C-5. No canards on wingtips.

I've updated the thumbnail to show it from further out. To see it you may need to enable the new Aerial feature in Google Maps by clicking on the little green "New" icon at the very top of the Google Maps page and then scrolling down to Aerial Imagery and select 'enable'.

Lockheed C-130s
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C-130

The station wagon says 1965 Dodge on the window.

OK, this just became one of only six maps I've marked as "Favorite." Very cool.

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It IS a bus with guards. But it isn't the bus in the More Info link. Look at the 'hood ornament' or whatever it is called on a bus.

Censored in GM

Motorcycle Safty Training Range:
http://www.secret-bases.co.uk/secret2.htm

I'll leave it. It is OK to have two different submissions - one for BEV, GM or GE and a separate one for SV.

The hall has a strong literary connection thanks to a visit to the house by the writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes. In 1901 Arthur Conan Doyle had returned from South Africa.... [and] stayed at the Royal Links Hotel in Cromer. During [his] stay, Doyle probably heard the Norfolk legend of 'Black Shuck', the Hell Hound of Norfolk. Also, the following description of Baskerville Hall in Doyle’s book can be matched to the exterior aspects...

Cool. I didn't know he was doing art on a large scale. He's my favorite novelist. He does great art on small scale but I'd never seen something like this.

I love the old aquamarine and white on this building. The color scheme is so out of favor now that it isn't easy to find existing examples anymore.

I'd love to do a coffee table book of all old buildings like this. I think there is a period of architecture around the late 50s and early 60s that is so under-appreciated. We're tearing them down as eyesores today and will treasures them as rarities tomorrow.

The beautiful Queen Anne Victorians that people cherish...

Welcome to VGT. Please work on cleaning up your thumbnails. They need to be 150x150 with no place marks, text or overlay marks. I'll fix this one but the next gets rejected.

A woman wielding a crowbar smashed a display case Wednesday at the Loveland Museum/Gallery, ripped out a piece of artwork that has been the center of growing controversy and shredded it into small pieces, witnesses said.

Kathleen Folden, 56, of Kalispell, Mont., was arrested shortly after the 4 p.m. incident and charged with felony criminal mischief [...]

“She was saying, ‘How can you desecrate my Lord?’” said Mark Michels, the man who grabbed Folden...

I agree with AKpilotEMT.

This goes on my all-time favorites list.

You can always use Google Earth and turn on the historical imagery to see imagery that has been subsequently replaced.

Its the Temescal Canyon Pool:
http://friendstemescalpool.org/index.php?option=com_morfeoshow&Itemid=21