Renamed: The Cool Stuff to see on Googlemaps Thread (powerstations/crop circles)

[Artesia]

ever wondered what the cooling stack of a power station looked like from above ?

Cottam Rd @53.308290, -0.781250

http://maps.google.com/

enter that into googlemaps & click on satellite view :)

[nILS]

Easy link: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=53.308290,+-0.781250&ie=UTF8&ll=53.303416,-0.774901&spn=0.005642,0.013475&t=h&z=17&iwloc=addr

[Artesia]

ta for being leeter than i ;)

[cimo]

ever wondered what the cooling stack of a power station looked like from above ?

actually not, but now i know what a cooling stack of a power station is, is that your personal surge protector?

[Artesia]

its a mighty fine place for mass gatherings of rastas & their little bongo circles.. without anyone noticing ....plus bonus free sauna :) ...and yes you really can walk under a cooling from anywhere on the periphery ..its on massive stilts ;)

[ilmenator]

Here's another one:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=eschweiler,+germany&ie=UTF8&ll=50.838861,6.322503&spn=0.011748,0.01502&t=h&z=16

Notice how the chimneys are funnily distorted because the plant is located just where two photographs were stitched  :). Also, on the left hand side you can even look into some smaller cooling stacks.

If you scroll a bit to the north, you see where the coal comes from and what that does to the landscape. It's worse if you zoom out a bit more and scroll to the east...

Best regards, ilmenator

[nILS]

While we're at it:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=45%C2%B0+7'25.87%22N+123%C2%B0+6'48.97%22W&ie=UTF8&t=k&om=1&ll=45.123872,-123.113587&spn=0.003225,0.006738&z=18

[Goblinz]

I have a good one too...

http://www.multimap.com/maps/?hloc=DE|alt%20daber#t=l&map=53.20374,12.51848|17|32&loc=DE:53.2043:12.50136:14|alt%20daber|Alt%20Daber,%20Wittstock/Dosse

I go to Fullmoon festival (www.fullmoon-festival.com) which is set in an ex military airbase just outside of Berlin. Everything is deserted, if you walk in the woods you see the odd fire hydrant and statue, then suddenly you find yourself walking along a street. There's lots of good exploring to be done!

Nest to the run way there's a path in almost a D shape. The green bumps in there are huge aircraft hangers... one housed the chill-out stage last year

I have a lot more exploring to do this year.... There's a whole new block of hangers that I didn't know about and a few more bits and pieces in the woods too.

          G

[Artesia]

neato ..hmm that german power station has the weirdest geometry on those wastelands above .really odd the patterns they chouse to work in there.

aah, the crop circle ;) ..bout time

apparently some russian folks have been writing colourful messages on the roofs of housing blocks in order to 'defile' googlemaps ;)

[Goblinz]

neato ..hmm that german power station has the weirdest geometry on those wastelands above .really odd the patterns they chouse to work in there.

aah, the crop circle ;) ..bout time

apparently some russian folks have been writing colourful messages on the roofs of housing blocks in order to 'defile' googlemaps ;)

Link please!  ;D

[ilmenator]

neato ..hmm that german power station has the weirdest geometry on those wastelands above .really odd the patterns they chouse to work in there.

Well, that's because

1) they dig where the coal is

2) they dig where people have been re-settled already

Actually, here you can see how it was before and how it is now: Google uses two photos with a different date, so in the upper part they have already started mining, while in the lower part of the picture you can still see the fields. Strange time-warp experience...

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=eschweiler,+germany&ie=UTF8&t=h&ll=50.895373,6.316109&spn=0.023468,0.030041&z=15&iwloc=addr

Best regards, ilmenator

[cimo]

that s the terrace of my home:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=tenerife&ie=UTF8&t=k&ll=28.461563,-16.284388&spn=0.001205,0.001824&z=19

and this is Teide s crater, just 50 kms from here, been up there once..

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=tenerife&ie=UTF8&t=k&ll=28.272394,-16.642426&spn=0.001207,0.001824&z=19

[stryd_one]

1) they dig where the coal is

Yep... use that power for good, not evil... cause mother earth is getting molested for it ...

[Artesia]

DAMMIT ! - theres a whole site full of this stuff:

http://www.mapofstrange.com/

;)

[Goblinz]

My house :D

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=beckwithshaw+harrogate&ie=UTF8&t=k&ll=53.977228,-1.598602&spn=0.002016,0.005021&z=18&iwloc=addr#

Menwith hill (American "Listening base") just up the road from me

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=beckwithshaw+harrogate&ie=UTF8&t=k&ll=54.008664,-1.688032&spn=0.008058,0.020084&z=16&iwloc=addr

        G

[Artesia]

can i mug you for the deeds to your house ? ;)

what a place to live, great for a lil' party & working with power saws at 4am without rousing the neighbours ;)

mind i will soon enough be living in the middle of nowhere with some mates.. no more worrying about the 3am mixing sessions :)

[t_xen]

heh. found this one in Cuba, just east of La Habana.

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=23.17602,-82.214577&spn=0.005819,0.008658&t=h&z=17

[Goblinz]

can i mug you for the deeds to your house ? ;)

what a place to live, great for a lil' party & working with power saws at 4am without rousing the neighbours ;)

mind i will soon enough be living in the middle of nowhere with some mates.. no more worrying about the 3am mixing sessions :)

It's a nice place to live, but it's my Dads farm and he'd a bit uptight... Not even allowed a couple of friends round camping... really annoys me. I have several friends with rigs, know loads of DJ's all we need is the land to have a party... Grrrrr!

Tis good being able to have my music on as loud as I want when no-one else is in though :D

          G

[Goblinz]

heh. found this one in Cuba, just east of La Habana.

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=23.17602,-82.214577&spn=0.005819,0.008658&t=h&z=17

That ones weird.

I'm guessing the firefox one is a photoshop jobbie... isn't google affiliated with firefox???

[DrBunsen]

Crop circle advertising's not that uncommon.  I wouldn't be surprised if someone was sent out to make that just before the next photographic pass.

[Artesia]

secret prize for the most outstandingly mundane, yet bizarre find on google maps ;)

[Smithy]

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=beckwithshaw+harrogate&ie=UTF8&t=k&ll=53.977228,-1.598602&spn=0.002016,0.005021&z=18&iwloc=addr#

*Devises evil scheme codenamed "Operation Liberate ALBS knobs"*

*I shall  infiltrate from the north field, he will never suspect...........muhahahaha!*

Guys and gals, this guy has youtube videos full of these things:

http://www.youtube.com/user/mkbarth

With a catchy song to match each topic too! Check out the description for Long/latiudes and for references to each location:

"Out of Place"

"Amazed"

"Big Things"

[Artesia]

sweet :)

[Goblinz]

*Devises evil scheme codenamed "Operation Liberate ALBS knobs"*

*I shall  infiltrate from the north field, he will never suspect...........muhahahaha!*

Guess I shall be upping my security... Now stashed in an underground concrete bunker surrounded by razorwire, mine field and ground to air missiles. :D