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Pilgrim's Pride is moving to Colorado but Giant Bo's Head will stay where it is:
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/blog/giant-bo-head-staying/

Altocumulus often are seen preceding a cold front. In this case the front can clearly be seen extending along the NW / SE axis.

"The satellite that takes many of Google Earth Satellite based (high resolution) images is QuickBird it employs linear array CCDs. One set takes panchromatic images (grey scale) and the second set takes multi spectral images (MSI). The MSI imager is mounted in different physical location on the satellite so its images are acquired later in time.

These images are time re-aligned on the ground on the assumption that there are no moving objects in the field of view. As a consequence...

This resort will finally be finished as the Disney’s Art of Animation Resort:
http://thedisneyblog.com/2010/05/14/more-details-on-disneys-art-of-animation-resort/

Interesting article telling about the behind-the-scenes logistics of Survivor:
http://brokensecrets.com/2010/05/14/survivor-contestants-cannot-share-winnings/

You did great.

I've always hoped the Find-It could become collaborative with everyone pitching in their own clues. Me vs all of you instead of each of you against each other. That way we could do some really obscure locations.

Good job!

Welcome to VGT! Good first posts.

(Feel free to ignore Eldon's comments on BEV. We think he's actually a bot.)

You must be right. This site discusses the whole collection of vehicles and mentions a Ferret. Thanks!

http://www.saskd.ca/museum.htm

Thanks, Adriano!

The railroad track along the southern border of this facility is lined with entrances.

http://www.psfk.com/2010/05/subtropolis-underground-office-space.html

Blue is the new red?

Spanish Air Force,operates 20 F-5Bs as trainers for the fighter school.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_F-5

Ha. Found it. It was your post in fact:

http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/pliers/

I think it might be a screwdriver with the end lost off the edge of one camera.

I think someone left a tool or knob on top of the camera housing. Somewhere else i saw a similar shot with a pair of pliers on top.

Good job on these. I'd been meaning to do this but hadn't got around to it. Thanks!

Good series of stone circles. Thanks!

Awesome!

A sad shadow of its former self:
http://www.shorpy.com/node/8138

Anything can be monetized:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/03/world/americas/03jonestown.html?hpw

Welcome to VGT!

Please add 'More Info' links to your maps.

Great first posts. Welcome to VGT!

In the newest updated imagery the buildings are mostly complete.

Stop rating your own maps a 10 before they have even been approved.

Giant NASA balloon crashes in Australia:
http://www.physorg.com/news191742850.html

360 degree panoramic video of explosion from within the stadium:
http://www.dallascowboys.com/farewell/Texas_Stadium_Implosion.cfm

Welcome to VGT!

Video of the whirlpool:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhv2B6ACj6o

Amazing photos here:
http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/photos/2010/04/shanghai-world-expo-set-to-ope.html

"How many times do i have to tell you? Don't ride your tricycle in the house!"

Video of Baker shot:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dwX8FIuiIo

Here is the previous world record holder:

http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/cable-wireless-adventurer/

Video of Earthrace in Paris:

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=21999180

There is a dead link to a Press Release stating that the Earthrace had arrived in Paris 16 October 2007. By the next month it was in Portugal.

http://www.earthrace.net/index.php?section=41

Hey, welcome back! We missed you.

Experimental fast breeder reactor now being dismantled:
http://www.dounreay.com/about-us/history

Cathedral of Junk Faces Untimely Junking:
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/blog/cathedral-of-junk-junking

C-2A Greyhound
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C-2A_Greyhound

Fourth of July?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_of_july

"Reportedly, every single man stationed at the outpost "around the bend" of the Musandam peninsula completely lost his mind from the monotony and heat."

I've heard reports of lots of places like this in history. It ends up, many of them really did go crazy but not from the isolation. Water storage and collection was critical in these arid locations and a lot of that collection and storage involved lead containers and the like. Many went crazy from lead poisoning that was...

Fleet may be moved to the South Pacific:
http://www.insidebayarea.com/timesstar/localnews/ci_14735685?source=rss

Cool tile mural just around the corner to the left.

Hmm. No Clue. :)

Awesome firefighting mural below the truck too.

The German cemeteries seem to be a bit more rustic looking compared to most of the other WWI cemeteries posted in the last two days.

North Western hill observatory park
http://www.furano.ne.jp/furabi/english/parks.htm

Submarine on a barge

Censored in GM

You can see a few bunkers in SV and Bing is only slightly censored (kind of de-focused).

Good article with lots of pictures:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/constellation/orion/orion-gantry.html

Video of a helicopter crash lading simulation:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5B2liYoHbNA

Full coverage by Street View trike!

Full coverage by Street View trike!

Street View passes right through it without being censored.

Used for training helideck crews:
http://www.petans.co.uk/helicopter/oehtm.html

Could be either:
# The Dark Knight (2008)
# Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)

The one in the foregraound in the HMS Diamond (D34)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Diamond_%28D34%29

Already removed from SV. That was quick.

According to an article published in the Dallas Morning News on September 23, 2009, the City of Irving granted a demolition contract to Weir Brothers Inc., a local Dallas based company, for the demolition and implosion of the stadium.

The City of Irving and Kraft Foods provided details on December 31, 2009 of their sponsorship deal for the building’s implosion — including a national essay contest with the winner getting to pull the trigger that finishes off the iconic...

Lots of amazing close up photos here:
http://igor113.livejournal.com/51213.html

Welcome back, Tyco!

Ruins Of PTL Face Further Ruination:
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/blog/ptl-further-ruination/

Coins from Alexander the Great found in Syria
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100304/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_syria_ancient_coins

One of the very best censoring jobs I've seen in Bing Maps.

I don't recognize the paint scheme. Maybe a special one for Fiat?

'Ozone's Angel' by Banksy
http://urbanart.be/4782/banksy-angel-with-skull-in-memoriam-ozone/

By Banksy!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banksy

The actual missiles can be seen deployed around the southern edges of the large tarmac apron just to the NNW.

Excellent find!

I love the positioning of this one - below and surrounded by surveillance cameras.

Welcome to VGT!

I had lunch here today. Best BBQ Oysters in the world!

Cool find. Unusual location too. I wonder what it was doing there. I've googled around and can't seem to find any reference to why it would be there. There isn't anything on the tarmac that would have obviously been delivered. It may have been there to pick something up or just refueling.

I fixed the country but left the city. That's the city that shows up in the address window on SV.

You are cutting and pasting the description from WikiPedia. That is good. There is a field "More Info URL:" when you submit the map. Put the Wikipedia URL in the "More Info Link:"

i really like these Stave Churches. I'll do a blog post just on them in the future.

These look like historic 'graffiti' by crews visiting the port throughout history. I heard of a wall like this in the Azores. Cool.

Wow, that's a close up!

Rare find!

Also the former 1900 Olympic Stadium.

USS Carter Hall (LSD 50) is in Haiti. This is probably it.
http://www.carter-hall.navy.mil/default.aspx

Great first post! Welcome to VGT.

Stunning imagery of a game in progress in today's new imagery release.

In Street View there is a large phased array antenna in the center of the secure facility bit I see no missile launchers.

Aalborg Defence and Garrison Museum

Wow. Great find! It is a Dozor-600!

"The Dozor-600 is a turboprop-powered Russian long-range unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with strike capability and very similar to the US Air Force MQ-1 Predator. It carries a 220 kg payload comprising weapons and sensors and can fly over ranges of up to 3,500 kilometers. Besides, it is equipped with a thermal camera to conduct surveillance missions. Its maiden flight is expected in 2010."

Image of it at the Airshow:
http://englishrussia.com/images/MAKS_2007_International_Air_Show/10.jpg

During the August 2009 Air Show.
http://eng.mod.gov.cn/Photos/2009-08/20/content_4076176_3.htm

Added to today's blog post. Thanks!

This would have been during her RCOH. In November 2005, Carl Vinson became the third Nimitz class carrier to undergo a mid-life Refueling and Complex Overhaul (RCOH), which was scheduled to last 36 months. The ship moved out of dry dock to pierside berth at Northrop Grumman Newport News shipyard in May 2007.

Site of Leonardo da Vinci's grave:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100128/ap_on_re_eu/eu_leonardo_s_mysteries

To become Lego Land Florida:
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/blog/cypress-gardens-legoland-florida/

Why in the world did this post get so many views in a short time?

The old Naples hospital had become Forest Sherman Elementary School for NATo kids by the late 60s. I remember my 3rd grade class had a million dollar view of the bay out my window.

Newer imagery is from after the pavilion was removed.

Thanks, Dania!

Some cool graffiti in the background in this shot.

And #4 is to the NE

Oh, good catch. Thanks!

Hey! Welcome back!!

Not yet built in Bing.