Google Earth

[den]

While mucking around with Google Earth, I thought I'd have a look for Griffin Park, the home of Brentford FC and my favourite UK football team. I enterd "brentford, england" into the search and hit enter, as you do. Google Earth zoomed in to Brentford, West London, and... what the hell is that? Just west of Brentford, beside the M4, and a whacking great black rectangle. It's obviously hiding something, but the huge black blank is an enourmous "NOTHING TO SEE HERE MOVE ALONG!" sign.

Now I want to know what's there.

Comments

[atara.livejournal.com]

There is lots of interesting stuff to see on Google Earth. Have you seen this? (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/10/14/google_earth_competition_results/)

I especially like the areas in Africa - just some shanty town in the middle of nowhere - which is imaged at insane resolution (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/10/14/google_earth_competition_results/page11.html). You can see the people, make out their features, and even find laundry drying on the ground.

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

I wish I'd seen that comp. 8)

If you go to Guam you can see fighters, C130s and a B1 sitting on the ground. Diego Garcia AFB has B52s. Richmond RAAF has a C130+shadow taking off.