[Zacs Mom]

To hear the media talk one almost gets the impression that Fallujah is a small town in Iraq~ when you look at this high resolution satellite image of Fallujah you get a real sense of what the Coalition Forces are up against in trying to secure this city:
Fallujah ~ Image Collected November 5, 2004

Over the years I heard many references to the tent city of Mina in Saudi Arabia. Mina is the city where Muslim pilgrims reside before heading to nearby Mount Arafat at dawn for the climax of the annual hajj. It wasn't until I looked at this QuickBird image of Mina that I grasped what this tent city was actually like:
Mina

and this image of the Inca ruins of Machu Picchu (on the lower right) took my breath away:
Inca, Peru

There are many other incredible satellite images on the Digital Globe web site ~ it is well worth a visit and probably a bookmark as well!

Oh, two last images that I think are just plain cool:
A Corn Maze salute to our troops and The Boneyard, Davis-Monthan AFB

[Clara Lou]

Wow! I didn't see what you meant about the Incan ruins until I magnified them. Awesome!

[denlittle]

Impressive images, thanks for the link.

[Melpomene]

Bump for later.

[randog]

Amazing shots, expecially those of the ocean receding from the beach. I realize now why many people stood on the beach, mesmerized by what they saw.

[Born Conservative]

bump for later.

[Mind-numbed Robot]

I think I see Zarqawi down there in Fallujah. Quick, get me the Pentagon!

[GVnana]

Inca switchbacks from hell.

[don-o]

mark

[ArrogantBustard]

Fascinating stuff in that boneyard pic ... whole lotta P3s, and a lonely little (well, not really so little) RB-57 sitting there ...

[7.62 x 51mm]

Bump for later on the cable modem.

[TomGuy]

Dallas59 posted this link:

WARNING: GRAPHIC PICTURE/Tourists and Natives

And this is just one small section of one beach. There are hundreds of other beaches with similar 'debris' throughout the area. It is unimaginable.

[Lando Lincoln]

I recently visited Machu Picchu....It is simply breathtaking - at over 14,000 feet in elevation it can be literally breathtaking.

Lando

[Fiddlstix]

BTTT

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Lando, I'll add it to the catalog, but not ping the list. :') That link to the MP image will have to be added to the various MP topics on GGG. (':

Please FREEPMAIL me if you want on, off, or alter the "Gods, Graves, Glyphs" PING list --
Archaeology/Anthropology/Ancient Cultures/Artifacts/Antiquities, etc.
The GGG Digest -- Gods, Graves, Glyphs (alpha order)

[Teacher317]

[BloodScarletMinnesota]

Thanks for the link. It's killer for dial up but well worth the wait!

[TXnMA]

The "Boneyard" pic contains a pair of aircraft that were seldom seen together -- if at all. They are in the single row of left-facing aircraft --near the bottom.

The eighth aircraft up from the bottom is a B-57 Canberra, a British twin-jet medium/light bomber. The plane immediately below it (#7 from the bottom) is a rare -- and once highly classified -- RB57-F reconnaissance ("spy") plane.

The RB-57F is a radical modification of the B-57. The wings were extended to approximately double-length, and the original engines were replaced with huge turbofans. The last time I checked, the actual operating ceiling of the RB-57F was classified -- but let's just say that it gave the U-2 a run for its money...while carrying a much larger payload.

There weren't very many of the "stretched" RB-57 F (and G) models built -- but I expect their lifetimes included some awfully interesting missions! At any rate, this is the first photo I've seen that clearly shows how radically the old B-57 was modified to perform its "spook" role...

Thanks for the links!

[engrpat]

bump for when their sever isn't so busy

[steve86]

The Mecca image is the first time I have ever been able to make out individual people on a satellite image (you have to zoom in).

[Publius6961]

Thank you for the awesome thread. I run across this site about once a year and then promptly forget.
That Machu Pichu image sure brings old reading to life. Sure wish there were more images of the surrounding area, perhaps enough to make a stereo pair?

Thanks again for the great thread!