This weird polka-dot pattern in the vegetation near a volcano on the rim of the Grand Canyon could be the work of red harvester ants. Spiral art installation "Desert Breath" in Egypt The site was once equipped with missiles in the open air, with embankments between paired launch sites. Here, one of those sites, the Oahu Defense Area in Hawaii, is shown in 1968. His plan is to build a geo-referenced database so that anyone can research the Nike missile sites through Google Earth. Those missiles became obsolete with the advent of long-range intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs).ĭavid Tewksbury, a GIS (geographic information system) specialist at Hamilton College in New York, aimed to preserve a visual record of the abandoned Nike missile launch sites before they vanish - either as a result of being reclaimed by nature, repurposed by the military or redeveloped. Some of those missiles even carried nuclear warheads. Nike missiles, which were supersonic surface-to-air missiles, sat ready to launch at nearly 300 sites across the United States during a period of the Cold War, from 1954 to the 1970s. This Google Earth image shows the Oahu Defense Area in Hawaii, which was equipped with missiles in open air with earthen revetments, or embankments, between paired launch sites, shown here in 1968. Bull's eye in wheel structures in Saudi Arabia The wheels seen in this image are in the Azraq Oasis and have spokes with a southeast-northwest orientation, possibly aligning with the winter solstice sunrise. The wheels vary in their design, with some showing spokes that radiate from the center, others with just one or two bars rather than spokes and still others not circular at all and instead shaped like squares, rectangles or triangles, the researchers have found. A team of scientists with the Aerial Photographic Archive for Archaeology in the Middle East (APAAME) have been investigating wheel structures (also called "works of the old men") with satellite imagery available through Google Earth. Some of these spoked designs that dot Jordan's Azraq Oasis seem to be positioned in a way that aligns with sunrise on the winter solstice. Google Earth has spied some old artistry etched into the surface of the planet, including wheel-shaped geometric structures that may date back some 8,500 years, making them older than Peru's geoglyphs called Nazca Lines. (Image credit: Image courtesy Google Earth)) Wheel structures in the Azraq Oasis in Jordan, as seen in this Google Earth image. Mystery structures on Chinese satellite images Word "Hamad" written on al Futaisi IslandĬhurch of Scientology Bunker in New Mexico Island, in a lake, on an island, in a lake, on an island near Victoria Canadaīoneyard at Davis Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona Polka-dot formation on Grand Canyon made by ants Wheel structures in Azraq Oasis in Jordanīull's eye in wheel structures in Saudi ArabiaĪbandoned launch sites at Oahu Defense Area in Hawaii But, as the video below tells you, Google Maps is for finding your way Google Earth is for getting lost.Island in a lake on an island in a lake on an island Philippines Thanks to the Voyager feature inside Google Earth, you can explore interesting cultures and our planet's nature in all its glory. But it offers an important distinction: a better set of Layers. This is because both have the satellite layer.
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