Google Earth Astro Challenge - for when the weather's bad...

[h0ughy (David)]

Originally Posted by ballaratdragons

Yep Al, his left hand has a Woomera and spear. I think his right arm is just pointing, like he's taking aim

Interesting how the green bushes grow where his fishing tackle is

LOL spinifex or scrub???

this stuff is great!

[okiscopey (Mike)]

Gosses Bluff, nr. Alice Springs

Seen it from a distance on an outback tour ... not much of it left nowadaze.

http://asterweb.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery...sp?name=Gosses

"Gosses Bluff, about 205 km west of Alice Springs, in the Northern Territory, Australia, is one of the most significant impact structures in the world. This crater is thought to have been made by the impact of a large comet or meteorite, about 143 million years ago. It has been estimated that the original crater would have been about 22 km in diameter ... "

Landsat 7 image:

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/New...3?img_id=16503

Also:

http://www.ahc.gov.au/publications/g...il/gosses.html

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

Here are some bombed out buildings in Iraq:
33*31'07.48"N
44*17'46.75"E


And just to give an example of how close in Google Earth can get!
Check these out and see how close in you can get!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Villagers
4*22'18.92"N
18*31'35.63"E

Water Well
15*17'54.60"N
19*25'47.02"E

Camel Rider & his Camels
15*17'40.19"N
20*28'47.61"E

[sheeny (Al)]

Originally Posted by ballaratdragons

Here are some bombed out buildings in Iraq:
33*31'07.48"N
44*17'46.75"E


And just to give an example of how close in Google Earth can get!
Check these out and see how close in you can get!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Villagers
4*22'18.92"N
18*31'35.63"E

Water Well
15*17'54.60"N
19*25'47.02"E

Camel Rider & his Camels
15*17'40.19"N
20*28'47.61"E

Why would anyone have such close up shots of Iraq????

They are close aren't they!

Al.

[iceman (Mike)]

That's amazing resolution.

[sheeny (Al)]

A few more sites of interest...

The Canberra Deep Space Communications Centre at Tidbinbilla. Pretty good resolution - worth a look!

The Chernobyl disaster site. OK it's not astro or space related... but you might be interested...

And, of course, Lostock!!!! Site of the famous IISAC. Resolution needs improving though if we are to be able to pick our campsites between the cow pats before leaving home!

Al.

[hookedonsaturn]

I just got google earth a few days ago and did check on a place that i wouldnt have thought was important enough to have sattelite foto.My place.Dam the resolution.you can count the trees,see how little water is in the dam,plus all the junk i have hauled home for different projects.While it is nice to be able to view things of intrest it is kinda scarey we have no privacy

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

Originally Posted by hookedonsaturn

I just got google earth a few days ago and did check on a place that i wouldnt have thought was important enough to have sattelite foto.My place.Dam the resolution.you can count the trees,see how little water is in the dam,plus all the junk i have hauled home for different projects.While it is nice to be able to view things of intrest it is kinda scarey we have no privacy

Yep, it's a kind of blessing that my little town isn't high res yet. Everyone would see all the junk in one of my paddocks

[hookedonsaturn]

Originally Posted by ballaratdragons

Yep, it's a kind of blessing that my little town isn't high res yet. Everyone would see all the junk in one of my paddocks

thats what bothers me The wife said she didnt realize just how much junk i have here .Now she wants me to clean up Dam google. if i do that its all and no time for

[sheeny (Al)]

I was doing a bit of esearch into earth impact sites and stumbled over the Earth Impact Database. It contains google map links as well.

http://www.unb.ca/passc/ImpactDatabase/austr.html

Al.