Google Earth, Interesting sights
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Google Earth, Interesting sights
I've recently been looking at the N /S Korean border, Iraq and Russian coatal ports and airfields. The Murmansk area is fascinating and I've even found a bloody great nuc(?) sub on the Volga in the very centre of Russia, along with a small Caspian Sea Monster, must be 1500 miles from the sea. Why??? There's a huge Monster on the Caspian too, and lots of big hovercraft (Lebed?) too.
Anyone care to post sights worth seeing on Google Earth?
eg, which are Ivan's ship/sub/aircraft graveyards airfields.
Many of the mil airfields have areas of long cylindrical containers laid out in rows, in some cases hundreds of them, they must be a two or three metres across and ten, fifteen long, or more. What are they? Cans for spare engines?
Sadly the SA2 missile have been removed from a site in Africa that I photographed some years ago, though the compound is still there, any more like this?
I'm a nosy bugger, aren't I, but it is fun!
Anyone care to post sights worth seeing on Google Earth?
eg, which are Ivan's ship/sub/aircraft graveyards airfields.
Many of the mil airfields have areas of long cylindrical containers laid out in rows, in some cases hundreds of them, they must be a two or three metres across and ten, fifteen long, or more. What are they? Cans for spare engines?
Sadly the SA2 missile have been removed from a site in Africa that I photographed some years ago, though the compound is still there, any more like this?
I'm a nosy bugger, aren't I, but it is fun!
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Oooooh! I had a look at Holy Loch and Guzz too, what sort of cars do they send??? And Toulon, and Punta Arenas, come to think of it!!! Should I expect a Vauxhall Astra and an armed moped as well?
Apparently the Aurora magically appear if you stare at Area 51 on Google Earth for hours and hours... The truth is out there
You can also make out my kid's paddling pool in my back garden. I could give you the co-ordinates, but then I have to kill you.
You can also make out my kid's paddling pool in my back garden. I could give you the co-ordinates, but then I have to kill you.
Look out for the underground hangars to the south as well.
33°40'2.09"N 112°52'53.28"E
How about 39° 9'24.02"N 127°29'27.78"E? Looks like the North Koreans have taken to drawing aeroplane outlines on the ground in the hope of confusing those Yankee spy satellites (X apparently does mark the spot)
The runway just to the north also looks a bit iffy - patchwork or what?
Oh, if you ever wondered what happened to the Red October when the Americans finally gave it back - 69°26'2.30"N 32°21'19.44"E
The runway just to the north also looks a bit iffy - patchwork or what?
Oh, if you ever wondered what happened to the Red October when the Americans finally gave it back - 69°26'2.30"N 32°21'19.44"E
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AIDU's bird is a cracker, just see how many more naked bodies you can find in that area. Why can't we get that definition everywhere? (My guess is that someone at GA thought they'd include some unadulterated data as a laugh.)
nacluv. Should we know what a "downwinder " is? Do I have one in the door of my motorcar? Should I treat it better?
deadpan, the size of that thing is astonishing. I found another nearby two days ago but darned if I can find it now.
The thing that has struck me so forcibly is the horrific levels of dilapidation and wrecked/sunk vessels that seem to characterise all these places. Their sheer size, impossibly inefficient looking infrastructure, dispersal, remoteness and vast scale are a chilling testament to the late Soviet threat, but to see such a massive effort laid so low is somehow depressing, though hardly unwelcome. The photos attached to some of these add another level of reality that is hard to comprehend - the photo of that assault hovercraft for instance. And the airfields covered in scores of ancient turboprops - the sharp pointy things seem few and far between, but every airfield is covered in defunct aeroplanes, helos in rows. I've so far only found half a dozen Bears and Backfires. Where are the rest of the heavyweights?
What in the name of Heaven was Mungo5's site about? Any ideas?
Keep them coming!
nacluv. Should we know what a "downwinder " is? Do I have one in the door of my motorcar? Should I treat it better?
deadpan, the size of that thing is astonishing. I found another nearby two days ago but darned if I can find it now.
The thing that has struck me so forcibly is the horrific levels of dilapidation and wrecked/sunk vessels that seem to characterise all these places. Their sheer size, impossibly inefficient looking infrastructure, dispersal, remoteness and vast scale are a chilling testament to the late Soviet threat, but to see such a massive effort laid so low is somehow depressing, though hardly unwelcome. The photos attached to some of these add another level of reality that is hard to comprehend - the photo of that assault hovercraft for instance. And the airfields covered in scores of ancient turboprops - the sharp pointy things seem few and far between, but every airfield is covered in defunct aeroplanes, helos in rows. I've so far only found half a dozen Bears and Backfires. Where are the rest of the heavyweights?
What in the name of Heaven was Mungo5's site about? Any ideas?
Keep them coming!
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Hi AB.
The location is the Nevada nuke test range, and Downwinders was the name given to the lucky locals down nearer LV who had the immeasurable good fortune to live under the fallout clouds.
The location is the Nevada nuke test range, and Downwinders was the name given to the lucky locals down nearer LV who had the immeasurable good fortune to live under the fallout clouds.
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Originally Posted by Red Snow
My personal favourite airfield is this one
33° 41'10.35"N 112° 52'40.10"E
Look out for the underground hangars to the south as well.
33° 41'10.35"N 112° 52'40.10"E
Look out for the underground hangars to the south as well.
I counted at least 260 MiG-17s/19s/Q-5s on that field!
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Originally Posted by Mungo5
How about this - 40° 27'19.80"N 93° 45'09.14"E
Then keep going west a few clicks and you'll find others..
Then keep going west a few clicks and you'll find others..
Just like the scale North Korean airfields graded in the Nellis ranges... 37°25'44.03"N 116°51'3.09"W, 37°25'19.15"N 116°39'18.40"W & 37°21'49.14"N 116°49'39.77"W
...or the fixed SA and EW complexes... 37°35'24.12"N 115°54'26.96"W, 37°44'16.70"N 116°14'33.04"W, 37°42'33.81"N 116°26'22.55"W & 37°18'23.07"N 116°46'34.47"W
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Just like the scale North Korean airfields graded in the Nellis ranges... 37°25'44.03"N 116°51'3.09"W, 37°25'19.15"N 116°39'18.40"W & 37°21'49.14"N 116°49'39.77"W