22 Most Unusual Google Earth Photos

Google Earth lets you fly anywhere on the Earth to view satellite images, maps, terrain, 3D buildings, from galaxies in outer space to thecanyons of the ocean. You can explore rich geographical content, saveyour toured places and share with others. This amazing software allowsyou to search the whole planet right from your comfortable rooms. Fansof Google Earth have been on a virtual searching chase looking foranything interesting and amazing. Here we have collected some of themind blowing and spectacular sights to mesmerize you. Enjoy and feelfree to share it with others..

Terrain Face in Google Maps

The terrain in Alberta, Canada accidentally forms what looks like a human face when viewed from the air or when viewing the satellite pic inGoogle Maps.

Osmington White Horse

The Osmington White Horse, outside Sutton Poyntz, UK. This prehistoric figure is carved into the white chalk of the hillside - suchhorse carved shapes are called “Leucippotomy”.

Google Escher Effect pic from Houston

Here’s another weird satellite pic from Google Maps of some downtown Houston skyscrapers. This effect has become known as the “EscherEffect”, or the “Google Escher Effect”.

Heart-shaped island highlighted by Google Earth becomes hit with lovers

The 130,000 square yard islet of Galesnjak came to prominence after its unusual shape was highlighted on Google Earth.

Land Art near Munich Airport

Land Art or “Earth Art” appearing in a field near the airport in Munich, Germany.

KFC space logo

Yum! Brands Inc created the logo near Rachel, Nevada, and claimed it’s the first ad that can be seen from space. If you recall, the samecompany had previously wanted to beam a laser ad up onto the moon forPizza Hut, but had later scaled back to buying ad placement on the sideof a Russian rocket.

Firefox Logo

Crop circle art made in the shape of the iconic Firefox Logo near Portland, Oregon,

Where’s Waldo in Google Maps?

Canadian artist Melanie Coles built a large image of the iconic “Waldo” onto a rooftop at an undisclosed location in Vancouver, BritishColumbia, Canada.

Will U Marry Me

Marriage proposal seen on a rooftop via Google Maps.

Lips

Bunny in Google Maps

Giant Pink Bunny created by a group of artists near Artesina, Italy as seen in Google Maps.

Coca Cola Logo in Google Maps

This Coca-Cola logo in Google Maps was apparently created out of coke bottles just outside of Arica in Chile.

Portrait of Ghenghis Khan in Google Maps

Out of some sort of fear that they might forget who he was, the people of Mongolia have carved the likeness of Ghenghis Khan onto ahillside outside of Ulaanbaatar. (See it in Google Maps.)

The Vitruvian Man by Da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man - one of the world’s most recognizable illustrations - is rendered here in crop art in Germany.

Man-Shaped Lake in Brazil

The Palm Islands of Dubai

The Palm Islands are artificial islands in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on which major commercial and residential infrastructure willbe constructed. They are being constructed by Nakheel Properties, aproperty developer in the United Arab Emirates, who hired Belgian andDutch dredging and marine contractor Jan De Nul and Van Oord, some ofthe world’s specialists in land reclamation. The islands are the PalmJumeirah, the Palm Jebel Ali and the Palm Deira.

Oprah Maze

She’s got a massive syndicated show and a magazine called O, and she was dubbed the most powerful celebrity in the world by Forbes. Whyshouldn’t Oprah get her own corn maze? An Arizona farmer created this2004 tribute to the TV talk-show host.

Iraq’s Bloody Lake

This blood-red lake outside Iraq’s Sadr City garnered a fair share of macabre speculation when it was noticed in 2007. One tipster told thetech blog Boing Boing that he was “told by a friend” thatslaughterhouses in Iraq sometimes dump blood into canals. No one hasoffered an official explanation, but it’s more likely that the colorcomes from sewage, pollution or a water-treatment process.

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