Going Off the Map
One of my Christmas gifts this year (thanks, Sal!) was a book called Off the Map. It's a collection of satellite images and commentary by two Scottish brothers who author GoogleSightseeing.com. The images are of natural formations, oddly-shaped buildings and even a sword-shaped swimming pool. They include coordinates so you can look up the images yourself in Google Earth or on Google Maps.
I was excited to see that my favorite satellite image was their first entry in Off the Map: the Richat Structure in Mauritania. I first saw this image on NASA's Earth As Art website and have used it as the desktop on my work computer for many years.
That's amazing!
ReplyDeleteWell, I finally caught up. You have a warm style that makes your hum-drum life sound oh so interesting. I'm proud of my daughter. I cannot figure the use of the word tag. What's so great about tag this and tag that. I've heard of tag sales[garage sales] and price tags, etc. but they're not what you are using. Must be a california thing.
ReplyDeleteI appreciate your pictures. Oh, to take such good photos!
Dad