Postcards From Google Earth:
"I collect Google Earth images. I discovered them by accident, these particularly strange snapshots, where the illusion of a seamless and accurate representation of the Earth’s surface seems to break down. I was Google Earth-ing, when I noticed that a striking number of buildings looked like they were upside down." [more inside]
posted by Room 641-A
on Apr 6, 2013 -
37 comments
Ross Racine works with a fictional world of suburban forms.
Cristoph Gielen works with actual suburban forms. Here are some of their works, in no particular order:
1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6,
7,
8,
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posted by twoleftfeet
on Dec 15, 2011 -
4 comments
Earlier this week, Toxie, NPR's cutest toxic asset
died. One of the mortgages bundled into this asset was an investment property in Bradenton, Florida, which, like many Florida homes, has never been occupied or served as anything other than a financial instrument. Boston.com's Big Picture recently took
a look from above at the effects that this (and previous) housing bubbles have had on the development of Florida's cities and landscapes. How do you design a city that nobody plans to live in? (
Previously)
posted by schmod
on Oct 1, 2010 -
82 comments
Airphoto North America ― Jim Wark is an aerial photographer who specializes in capturing unusual landscape and cultural images of North and Central America. The plane used is a small high-wing, bush type (an Aviat Husky) with a large side opening for unobstructed shooting, and with the capability of operating out of small rough areas. A full complement of camping gear and provisions are always on board so that remote sites can be used as operating bases.
posted by netbros
on May 12, 2008 -
13 comments
In
1938 the
British Balloon Command was established to protect cities and key targets such as industrial areas, ports,
landmarks and harbours.
Barrage balloons or "
Bulging Berthas" were
inflatable shiny
silver-painted
balloons, made of rubber-coated fabric, and filled with hydrogen gas used prevent low level attacks by enemy aircraft. The balloons flew anywhere from 500 feet to 10,000 feet. The 15 gauge flying wire that tethered them could clip the wings off a plane. They were also used at
sea and to cover
invasions.
They were also effective against the V-1 flying bomb and back in the late 80s, at least one general thought they could still be used to
protect airfields.
posted by Smedleyman
on Mar 24, 2006 -
16 comments
6000 breathtaking aerial photos of American towns and other sites, with particularly good coverage of towns in New England (
MA,
VT,
CT,
NH,
RI,
ME). All of this by one photographer, Joseph Melanson, whose mission in life is "to show you facets of your environment that you never realized no matter how long you lived there."
posted by dougb
on Aug 6, 2003 -
23 comments
The World at Night. This amazing
image (warning 500K) is actually a composite of hundreds of pictures made by the orbiting DMSP satellites over regions of the world at night. You can clearly see the Nile river, Hong Kong, Hawaii and probably, if you look close enough, the town you are in right now. From
Astronomy Picture of the Day
posted by lagado
on Nov 27, 2000 -
18 comments
