Geoglyphs From Around the World

published by silvercord

11 months 1 week ago • 1262 views

tags: geoglyph, google, earth, gustav, holst, mars

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A tour by Google Earth of the amazing geoglyphs spread around the world. Names, locations, coordinates in the comments section. Music by Holst - "Mars" from "The Planets."

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List of places shown in the video:
+Sultan the Pit Pony (Wales)
+Atacama Giant (Chile)
+Uffington White Horse (England)
+Area 51 Bomb Target (NV, USA)
+Nazca Lines (Peru)
+Firefox Logo (OR, USA)
+Coca-Cola logo (Chile)
+Alton Barnes White Horse (England)
+Folkestone Horse (England)
+Pintados Geoglyphs (Chile)
+Chiza Geoglyphs (Chile)
+Long Man of Wilmington (England)
+Cerne Abbas Giant (England)
+Barnsley Crop Circles (England)
+Darfield Crop Circles (England)
+Marree Man (Australia)
+Ciudad Juarez White Horse (Mexico)
+Blythe Geoglyphs (CA, USA)
+Traditional Tibetan Mantra (China)
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Music:
"Mars from The Planets"
BBC Symphony Orchestra, 1999
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Coordinates:
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Sultan the Pit Poney:
51°39'2.63"N, 3°15'22.89"W
Atacama Giant:
19°56'57.06"S, 69°38'2.21"W
Uffington Horse:
51°34'38.96"N, 1°33'59.75"W
Area 51 Bomb Target:
37°39'57.84"N, 116° 1'30.69"W
Nazca Lines:
14°41'27.91"S, 75° 7'3.22"W
Firefox Logo:
45° 7'25.54"N, 123° 6'49.41"W
Coca-Cola logo:
18°31'45.17"S, 70°15'0.04"W
Alton Barnes White Horse:
51°22'21.15"N, 1°50'53.10"W
Folkestone White Horse:
51° 6'3.95"N, 1° 8'22.77"E
Pintados:
20°37'23.96"S, 69°40'4.30"W
Chiza:
19°12'13.42"S, 70° 0'31.19"W
Long Man of Wilmington:
50°48'34.77"N, 0°11'18.77"E
Cerne Abbas Giant:
50°48'47.37"N, 2°28'28.05"W
Crop Circles 1:
53°32'13.22"N, 1°30'17.42"W
Crop Circles 2:
53°31'54.37"N, 1°21'24.19"W
Marree Man:
29°32'3.14"S, 137°28'15.24"E
Ciudad Juárez White Horse:
31°39'44.93"N, 106°35'15.97"W
Blythe:
33°47'43.31"N, 114°32'13.11"W
Tibetan Mantra:
32°54'36.39"N, 97° 2'46.38"E

written by silvercord

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Wicked cool, though I'm at a loss to explain why Google Earth failed to show the giant "X" I mowed in my lawn last week. I don't think I'm paranoid, but the voices in my head beg to differ.

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