Have a look at this URL really neat:

http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=30.209688,4...09366&t=k&hl=en

Simon.

wow awesome link

this map thing

A burning oilfield in Iraq I'm guessing?

Anyone know how to get a date on this?

help ! wtf

i just found my house

haha

Amazing!

I couldn't find my city. I'll give it a try later

Now that is really cool, found my house and my bro found his gf house in santa cruz!!!!

i couldn't find my house too

doesnt have my house at maximum zoom

Most of this Images were taken by satellites before the 90s. Most of them.
I found my house....The latest picture the satellite took was from the 70s
pretty cool

that looks wild

It seems the image above is from August 2002.
http://archive.digitalglobe.com/archive/sh...010010000F3A601



For those of you that are new to this (and it seems most are), there's a desktop version that's alot more fun http://earth.google.com/

Very Clever

Wowww

was just reading about this, this morning

has anyone had a look at area 51

maybe see some aliens

cant find it heh

damn my house is too big for the picture..

,, already knew this,, nice indeed.

i do find that to be a little bit invasive...

oh and if your looking for area 51, type in "groom lake"

the proper government name for area 51 is "Groom Lake Testing Facility"

I guess for larger cities they have more recent photos. I found my house by locating a familiar landmark, then "driving" home. The landmark? Camden Yards in downtown Baltimore. Oriole Park AND Ravens Stadium are there, and Ravens Stadium wasn't built until 1994.