Oprah From Space

March 23, 2006 11:46 AM

Oprahhhhh Froooooom Sppaaaaaaaaacccceee... and other interesting landmarks via The World According to Google.
posted by Saucy Intruder (25 comments total)

I love this kind of stuff.
posted by ColdChef at 12:11 PM on March 23, 2006

I sat and stared at that page for a couple of minutes, thinking "What the hell am I supposed to be seeing, here?"

Then I saw it.

I'm frightened....
posted by lodurr at 12:19 PM on March 23, 2006

I think she winked at me.

Hey, two giraffes!
posted by Astro Zombie at 12:23 PM on March 23, 2006

I couldn't find the giraffes. Can you post a more accurate link to them? The links on that blog take me to zoomed out maps.
posted by knave at 12:30 PM on March 23, 2006

more appropriately zoomed
posted by jungturk at 1:20 PM on March 23, 2006

Thanks, jungturk!
posted by chudmonkey at 1:21 PM on March 23, 2006

I'm frightened....

Me too - that's a couple miles from my house.
posted by 27 at 1:38 PM on March 23, 2006

Awesome!
posted by mathowie at 1:42 PM on March 23, 2006

You know, it seems like the cost vs. benifit ratio, in this case the effort to make it vs. the chance of it being seen, is ludicrously high.

There's something sinister going on here. Is it meant for traffic helicopters? Does a network pay for that?
posted by generichuman at 1:59 PM on March 23, 2006

I don't get it.
posted by agregoli at 2:07 PM on March 23, 2006

Wow. Crop circles sure are getting pretty sophisticated. It's obvious the aliens have chosen their next target.
posted by Sprocket at 2:29 PM on March 23, 2006

Is it meant for traffic helicopters? Does a network pay for that?

Well, just to the east there's one that says "News Channel 3".
posted by sonofsamiam at 2:31 PM on March 23, 2006

An interview with the Cornfield Oprah creators...
posted by SweetJesus at 2:39 PM on March 23, 2006

This is very cool - especially the giraffes.
posted by greycap at 2:44 PM on March 23, 2006

that is the kind of thing that fills me with hope for humanity. not because it's oprah, but because someone took the time to express appreciation for someone that can literally be seen from space. (maybe not very high up, but from space nonetheless... I hope.)
posted by shmegegge at 2:47 PM on March 23, 2006

Please tell me that is photoshopped.
posted by Cranberry at 3:02 PM on March 23, 2006

Is this site for people exiled from the Google Earth Community? I love these sites...the pyramids and the Seven Wonders are great stuff to see from above. The Oprah is just scary, though...
posted by rmm at 4:02 PM on March 23, 2006

Maaaaan, that's an ugly hedge (field?).
posted by skree at 4:05 PM on March 23, 2006

These things are often done as Corn Mazes. There was a Napolean Dynamite near where I live in a field not too long ago. They're easily done with a tractor and GPS.
posted by blue_beetle at 4:10 PM on March 23, 2006

She looks good — has she lost weight?
posted by rob511 at 4:27 PM on March 23, 2006

Oh god. This is going to call down a civilization of extraterrestrial daytime talk show hosts, isn't it?

At least we still have those nukes lying around.
posted by JHarris at 5:26 PM on March 23, 2006

Ditto, 27. When I saw the desert background and the crop squares, I though "hey, that looks just like Google Maps of MY neighborhood."

/This enormous lady will devour us all!
posted by darkstar at 8:29 PM on March 23, 2006

You know, it seems like the cost vs. benifit ratio, in this case the effort to make it vs. the chance of it being seen, is ludicrously high.

If I was doing that, I think I could rustle up the courage to make a self-link on one of the Google Maps blogs. I can't draw with a pencil though, I suspect I'd struggle with a tractor too.
posted by vbfg at 2:21 AM on March 24, 2006

that site is essentially the same thing as googlesightseeing.com, which I think came first.
posted by puke & cry at 3:40 PM on March 24, 2006 [1 favorite]

Yes, definitely the same thing as Ye Olde GoogleSightseeing.com, which is almost as old as Google Maps itself.
posted by etoile at 11:07 AM on March 28, 2006