Thread Of The Day

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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Today Google has announced it has formed a partnership with Virgin to colonize Mars.  http://www.google.com/virgle/index.html

The new company will be called Virgle.  

Virgle is now accepting applications to become a Virgil pioneer.

Yes, of course it is a humorous April Fools joke, but I think the members of www.newmars.com may be taking it a little seriously. Some don’t seem to know it’s a joke and the ones that do are offended.

http://www.newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5922

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