Thread Of The Day » abstract painting http://threadoftheday.com Highlighting Interesting Forum Threads Found On The Internet Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:48:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Google Earth as Art http://threadoftheday.com/2008/09/google-earth-as-art/ http://threadoftheday.com/2008/09/google-earth-as-art/#comments Tue, 16 Sep 2008 00:07:52 +0000 ThreadOfTheDay.com http://threadoftheday.com/?p=123 Google Earth is a fascinating program that gives you an on-demand, bird’s eye view of the world. You can see your own backyard or visit far away places. It is an addictive toy.

The planet looks completely different from the sky than what you see on the ground. Places can look artistically surreal, like a beautiful abstract painting.

I’m not sure exactly what this screen shot is, but it’s a large area in the Oklahoma panhandle.

You can see this and other Google Earth “paintings” in today’s Thread of the Day:

http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/26723/page/0/fpart/1/vc/1

It helps to download Google Earth first to get the most out of this forum.

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