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UrtheCast To Livestream HD Video of Earth From Space

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By mounting a pair of cameras (one still, one video) to the Russian section of the International Space Station (ISS), Urthecast is readying a non-stop, 24-hour view of our watery planet. I just wish I didn’t have to wait until 2012 to see it!

June 9, 2011
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Now You Can Navigate Underwater In Google Earth Like Captain Remius

Rejoice, sea lovers and Cousteau wannabes, because Google Earth now allows you to explore the ocean seafloor. It’s quite the trip, even if it doesn’t cover the entire planet yet.

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Students Prank School (And Google Earth) With Giant Grass Penises

My senior prank now suddenly feels extremely lacklustre. A bunch of New Zealand tricksters killed grass in the form of giant penises all around their school’s property – and now the internet has made it forever.

June 1, 2011
Software

You Can Finally Check Out Apple’s Data Centre On Google Earth

We already knew what Apple’s 46,450sqm iCloud data centre looked like thanks to some sneaky filming, but if you were to type in “6081 Startown Road” to Google Maps, you’d see nothing but green fields. Until now.

May 6, 2011
Software

Android’s Google Earth Gets Buildings In Three Deez

For the first time anywhere outside of the desktop version, Google Earth for Android has those snazzy 3D buildings. They’re still mostly eye candy, but that’s not always a bad thing! Available for 2.1 and Honeycomb tablets. [Google Mobile Blog]

March 8, 2011
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Google Earth Images Actually Make For Great Surrealist Art

Who knew Google was hiding an artistic touch in Google Earth? Clement Valla, an artist, fiddled with Google Earth and found some amazingly surrealist images. Turns out, when you zoom in at just the right angle, bridges droop dramatically, 2D roads look pasted on in a 3D world and the entire world looks like it’s melting.

February 4, 2011
Software

Archaeologists Find 1082 Ancient Tombs In Google Earth

While you were using Google Earth to zoom in on your house, these archaeologists used it to find places to dig. And it paid off with 1977 potential archaeological sites, including 1082 ancient stone tombs.

February 2, 2011
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Architects Salvage House’s Building Materials Using Google Earth

Circling this modern Dutch house in a 14km radius are the abandoned building sites architects spotted using Google Earth, and then salvaged materials from. Nothing was spared – not even umbrella spokes which were used for the lighting.

December 15, 2010
Software

Japanese Kids Go Skydiving Over A Google Earth Projection

These giggling Japanese will make you fall in love with the country all over again. And Google Earth, which is really the star of the video. If you’ve got a harness and projector, it’d be super-easy to do this yourself.

December 1, 2010
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Iranians Angry After Discovering Jewish Symbol Hidden In Plain View

Ahmadinejad and his anti-semitic cronies are fuming with anger after discovering the Star of David on the roof of Iran Air headquarters at Teheran’s airport. The building was originally built by Israeli engineers prior to the the Islamic Revolution.

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