Tag: aerial

August 24, 2015 at 9:46 am

The Jefferson Grid Shows One Square Mile of Land from Above (15 Photos)

The Jefferson Grid Shows One Square Mile of Land from Above (15 Photos)

The Jefferson Grid is a fascinating Instagram account that shows one square mile of our planet as seen on Google Earth.

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August 10, 2015 at 11:08 am

Earth View: A Curated Collection of 1500 Google Earth Wallpapers

Earth View: A Curated Collection of 1500 Google Earth Wallpapers

A curated collection of 1500 striking and enigmatic landscapes available in Google Earth as desktop and mobile wallpapers.

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July 29, 2015 at 5:36 pm

Picture of the Day: Barcelona from Space

Picture of the Day: Barcelona from Space

Astronaut Scott Kelly shows us what the beautiful city of Barcelona looks like from the International Space Station.

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July 22, 2015 at 7:00 pm

Picture of the Day: Clouds to Scale

Picture of the Day: Clouds to Scale

Six islands of varying sizes, each with their own cloud of equally varying size.

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July 14, 2015 at 10:26 pm

The Streets of New York from Above (10 Photos)

The Streets of New York from Above (10 Photos)

Photographer Navid Baraty peers down from perilous heights to show you what the streets of New York City look like from above.

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July 11, 2015 at 7:59 am

Picture of the Day: Standing on Top of the World

Picture of the Day: Standing on Top of the World

NASA astronaut Scott Kelly, who is spending an entire year aboard the ISS, took this amazing photo from the station’s “cupola”.

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June 14, 2015 at 10:46 pm

Picture of the Day: Fresh Crater on Mars

Picture of the Day: Fresh Crater on Mars

The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera aboard NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter acquired this closeup image of a “fresh” impact crater in the Sirenum Fossae region of Mars on March 30, 2015.

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May 20, 2015 at 3:25 pm

This Drone Tour of Dutch Flower Fields is Simply Breathtaking

This Drone Tour of Dutch Flower Fields is Simply Breathtaking

Take a beautiful flight with a drone over the colorful flower fields near the Keukenhof Gardens in The Netherlands. Filmed during a sunny spring day in April 2015 with a DJI Inspire drone in full 60 fps HD. Tulips, hyacinths and other colorful flowers are lined up in long stretches across the Dutch fields.…

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May 10, 2015 at 11:46 pm

Picture of the Day: Pod of Whales on Google Maps

Picture of the Day: Pod of Whales on Google Maps

Image by Google, Map Data If you go to 20°38’11.8″N 156°27’45.4″W on Google Maps you will see a pod of whales swimming off the coast of Maui, which is the second-largest of the Hawaiian Islands. When you take snapshots of the globe like Google does you’re bound to capture some interesting sights. Finding them…

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May 9, 2015 at 2:29 pm

The Daredevils that Scaled Shanghai Tower are Back with an Equally Crazy Climb

The Daredevils that Scaled Shanghai Tower are Back with an Equally Crazy Climb

When Vadim Makhorov and Vitaliy Raskalov scaled the Shanghai Tower last year (see here and here) the Internet went nuts (the video alone has been viewed over 41 million times). The notoriety inspired them to attempt an equally crazy climb of the Ping An Finance Centre in Shenzhen, China. When complete it will be…

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