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JZ
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I don't see a whale, what am I missing.
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Hook
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I think I see the Virgin Mary on the back of the whale. 
Leaving in 20 minutes, JZ.
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wornout
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Those are cool. I heard on the radio the other day, KFC put a huge Colonel Sanders in the desert near area 51 in Nevada. They put it there for
advertising and are now waiting for the Google Earth map update.
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Bruce R Leech
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| Quote: | Originally posted by wornout
Those are cool. I heard on the radio the other day, KFC put a huge Colonel Sanders in the desert near area 51 in Nevada. They put it there for
advertising and are now waiting for the Google Earth map update. |
wornout do you know what map datum Goggle earth uses?
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Minnow
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Thats the same artist that did all the rock outlines in Baja. The material he used to make the lines is actually shells. He did this more than 5
years ago, that makes it pre google earth.
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wornout
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bruce R Leech
| Quote: | Originally posted by wornout
Those are cool. I heard on the radio the other day, KFC put a huge Colonel Sanders in the desert near area 51 in Nevada. They put it there for
advertising and are now waiting for the Google Earth map update. |
wornout do you know what map datum Goggle earth uses? |
No, I don't happen to know....Lou?
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jimqpublic
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| Quote: | Originally posted by capt. mike
there's a similar one at campo Kuyima, whale and bambino made out of rocks, very large we fly right over it in the pattern for the pista. in fact it
helps us find the airport sometimes. |
Mike,
Unless you're joking this is one and the same. Zoom out in Google Earth and the airstrip is just north and Kuyimita is just west of the whale pair.
It sure looks like semitransparent black marker on the photographic negative to me, but if you've seen it then I'm a believer. There are certainly
enough shells out there to make such an image on the ground.
I went to the 15 meter photos on Microsoft Terraserver and I imagined I could almost make out some of the lines.
[Edited on 12-19-2006 by jimqpublic]
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bajalou
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| Quote: | Originally posted by wornout
| Quote: | Originally posted by Bruce R Leech
| Quote: | Originally posted by wornout
Those are cool. I heard on the radio the other day, KFC put a huge Colonel Sanders in the desert near area 51 in Nevada. They put it there for
advertising and are now waiting for the Google Earth map update. |
wornout do you know what map datum Goggle earth uses? |
No, I don't happen to know....Lou? |
Map datum only has application if you're looking at a paper map. Not for satellite photos. You can click on "Digital Globe Coverage" at the bottom
of the list of Layers on Google and see the year of the image if it's from DG.
The bottom of the image in GoogleEarth shows the provider (s) of the images and the year.
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ursidae69
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bruce R Leech
wornout do you know what map datum Goggle earth uses? |
According to this link at Google Earth help, they use WGS 84.
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Cypress
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Earth images of this or that? Snakes? Bugs? Birds? Whales?  Those dudes had a lot of time on their hands.
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viabaja
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All,
Google has a sense of humor!!
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bajalou
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I concede you all are correct.
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And in the San Felipe area - check out Valle Chico area |
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mtgoat666
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajalou
Map datum only has application if you're looking at a paper map. |
It is apparent that cyberspace does not need to have any reference to reality. This board is living proof.
When I use maps on my computer or handheld GPS I use whatever datum feels good. This week, I am using the Mayan calendar/clock, a Sumarian
latitude/longitude datum, and elevations measured in grains of rice (10 grains of rice stacked on their side equals about 16 millimeters, more or
less).
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elgatoloco
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mtgoat666
[........ elevations measured in grains of rice (10 grains of rice stacked on their side equals about 16 millimeters, more or less).
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Jasmine?
Whole grain?
Basmati?
Arborio?
Long grain?
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Bajagypsy
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Wow...really cool. Most likely some very creative person on a tractor dragging harrows around, but none the less, impressive.
Would be nice if some one in the area could take a day trip to have a look in person...any volunteers???
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Frigatebird
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| Quote: | Originally posted by ursidae69
...How did they make this whale outline? Anyone know? |
I suspect he programmed a route on a GPS and used it to guide his vehicle. This opens up all kinds of possibilities for wheat fields, salt flats, and
snow fields. Consider it the graffitti of the 21st century, or maybe the invasion has started.
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Cypress
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Whoever carved the whale image and defaced the whole area is no better than someone that dumps garbage alongside the road.
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elgatoloco
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Geoglyph of the Whale Kuyima, arte de la tierra.
Francisco Hernandez Zamora aka Gerardo.
Started in 1998.
2,000 feet by 1,200 feet.
Scallop shells left behind by pirate fisherman with jojoba and other desert greenery at intervals along it's path.
Page 188 Eye of The Whale by Dick Russell
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Summanus
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Same goes for the egotist who defaced the hillside by Requeson years ago.
Summanus....ancient Roman Nightly Thunder God. He liked refrieds too.
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Bruce R Leech
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Oh beauty is in the eye of the beholder
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