Strange and amazing satellite photos
Google Earth is a tool that allows you to explore the entire Earth without moving from home. This ingenious program juxtaposes billions ofsatellite images to recreate a cartography of the globe. And like their program Google Maps and Google Street View, there are many curiosities...
You've probably already spotted some of them, but the pictures below will show you other oddities that can only be seen from the sky. From natural formations to man-made structures, we found 50 strange places photographed by the web giant Google.
If you're interested in checking out these places yourself, the GPS coordinates of each image are shown. Just copy and paste them into Google Earth (or Google Maps) to study them in more detail.
All images are screenshots from Google Earth.
1. Aircraft Cemetery (32 08'59.96″ N, 110 50'09.03″W) Tucson, Arizona

2. Mysterious drawing in the desert (27°22'50.10″N, 33°37'54.62″E) Governorate of the Red Sea, Egypt

3. Building in the shape of a swastika cross (32°40'34.19″N 117° 9'27.58″W) Coronado, California, USA

4. Bison herd (4°17'21.49″ S 31°23'46.46″ E) Kigosi Reserve, Tanzania

5. Giant Triangle (33.747252, -112.633853) Wittmann, Arizona, USA

6. The SS Ayrfield wreck with trees (-33.836379, 151.080506), Homebush Bay, Sydney, Australia

7. The Badlands Guardian (50° 0'38.20″N 110° 6'48.32″W) Walsh, Canada

8. A parking lot for fighter planes (33.927911, -118.38069) El Segundo, California, USA

9. Firefox logo (45° 7'25.87″N 123° 6'48.97″W) Dayton, Oregon, USA

10. Guitar-shaped forest (-33.867886, -63.987) Córdoba, Argentina

11. Heart-shaped lake (41.303921, -81.901693) Columbia Station, Ohio, USA

12. Mysterious motive in the desert (40.452107, 93.742118) China

13. Giant Target (37.563936, -116.85123) Nevada, USA

14. World's largest swimming pool (-33.350534, -71.653268) Algarrobo, Chile

15. "Jesus Loves You" (43.645074, -115.993081) Boise National Forest, USA

16. The Lion King (51.848637, -0.55462) Dunstable, United Kingdom

17. Giant flag of Northern Cyprus (35.282902, 33.376891) Kyrenia, Cyprus

18. Star-shaped Fort Henricus (Schansdijk 5, 4655 De Heen) Netherlands

19. Potash Ponds (Intrepid Potash) (38°29'0.16″N 109°40'52.80″W) Moab, Utah, USA

20. Mysterious drawing (37.629562, -116.849556) Nevada, USA

21. Boat-shaped Whampoa Shopping Centre (22°18'14.15″N, 114°11'24.66″E) Hong Kong

22. Russell Square, Bloomsbury, London

23. Coca Cola logo (-18.529211, -70.249941) Arica and Parinacota Region, Chile

24. Concentric circles (39.623119, -107.635353) New Castle, Colorado, USA

25. An island in a lake on an island in a lake (69.793° N, 108.241° W) Northern Canada

26. One car returned (51°19'18.13″N, 6°34'35.64″E) Krefeld, Germany

27. A strange symbol (37.401573, -116.867808) Nevada, USA

28. One monkey face (65.476721, -173.511416) Russia

29. The Badeschiff (52°29'52.24″N 13°27'13.67″E) Berlin, Germany

30. A building with an odd shape... (41.84201, -89.485937) Dixon, Illinois, USA

31. The Atacama Giant (19°56'56.96″S 69°38'1.83″W) Huara, Tarapacá, Chile

32. Another fighter plane on a parking lot (48.825183, 2.1985795) Ville-d'Avray, France

33. Another strange drawing in the desert (40.458148, 93.393145) China

34. A wreck (30.541634, 47.825445) Basra, Iraq

35. Airstrips in the desert (32.663367, -111.487618) Eloy, Arizona, USA

36. Oil fields (37°39'16.06″S 68°10'16.42″W) Province of Río Negro, Argentina

37. Mattel Logo (33.921277, -118.391674) El Segundo, California, USA

38. Uluru / Ayers Rock (-25.344375, 131.034401) Australia

39. Scaled-down model of the disputed border region between India and China (38.265652, 105.9517)

40 Memorial of Flight 772 AWU (16.864841, 11.953808) Ténéré Desert, Niger

41. A natural heart shape (20°56'15.47″S, 164°39'30.56″E) New Caledonia

42. Rainbow plane, New Jersey, USA.

43. Barringer Meteor Crater (35.027185, -111.022388) Winslow, Arizona, USA

44. "Come downtown and play (35.141533, -90.052695) Memphis, Tennessee, USA

45. A hippopotamus bath (6°53'53.00″ S 31°11'15.40″ E) Katavi National Park, Tanzania

46. Solar Project (34.871778, -116.834192) Daggett, California, USA

47. Giant United States Flag (7300 Airport Blvd, Houston, TX 77061, USA)

48. big red lips in the desert (12°22'13.32″N, 23°19'20.18″E) Sudan

49. Grand Prismatic Spring (44.525049, -110.83819) Yellowstone National Park, USA

50. Sign of Batman (26.357896, 127.783809) Okinawa, Japan
