Google urged to drop nuclear site images

The Australian ^ | 8th August 2005 | Natasha Bita

[coconutt2000]

This article does not inspire confidence...

[postaldave]

being google acts like a left-wing machine for information on the net it's no wonder they would show such photos.

google, democrats, terrorist. all the same team.

that is just my opinion.

[in hoc signo vinces]

It's not just your opinion...look how they have accomodated the Chicomms with the Chinese version of google, which basically filters any websites for democracy and freedom.\

Google has a lot of explaining to do...IMHO.

[bwteim]

[melt]

Here it is.

[E Rocc]

Most of the world is pretty low resolution, Canberra is visible but Alice Springs is too blurred to make out anything specific.

-Eric

[South40]

San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant, CA

[Bob]

...the secret US spy base at Pine Gap, outside Alice Springs...

Well, I guess it's not so secret now, is it?

[lepton]

That looks like a grain silo. :)

[melt]

That's scary, isn't it. I don't live too far away from San Onofre, and I know they'd love to hit it. But our guys are pretty sharp.

[Zeon Cowboy]

A mere 15 minutes from my house...

[melt]

I know. It's not very up-to-date, is it? But this is where I got it from: http://archives.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/asiapcf/auspac/06/21/aust.nuclear/

[DBrow]

" the secret US spy base at Pine Gap, outside Alice Springs,"

Oh No! Another leak! Did Valerie Wilson work at Pine Gap?

[naturalman1975]

It's not up to date at all - it's a 1960s reactor. The replacement reactor OPAL is under construction at the moment, and due to come online over the next 18 months.

[Stonewall Jackson]

The google satellite photos of Washington DC are blurred over the White House and the Capital Building, but a number of other potential targets aren't distorted, which is just stupid.

[naturalman1975]

People in the surrounding areas refer to it as the garbage bin (trash can)

[melt]

Thanks for the update. I guess they decided that the earthquake fault was of no concern. Or did they re-locate?

[South40]

I'm not too far away myself.

I've spent many an hour surfing the beaches near there, and have camped at the park countless times.

[naturalman1975]

It's basically on the same site.

The fault line in question hasn't been significantly active for at least 5 million years, probably more like 13 million years. It's not an active fault by any stretch of the imagination, and so the judgement is that Lucas Heights is no more dangerous in terms of earthquake risk than anywhere else - so they decided it didn't matter.