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Potential Student Rental Availability for 2007-2008 Academic Year At Queen's

2007-11-21T21:26:00.001-05:00

There is the possibility that we will be able to offer one or two of our exceptional student rentals for the 2007-2008 Queen's University academic school year. We offer premium student houses and apartments that are very well maintained and in high demand, and are leased for years at a time. All rentals are conveniently located a short walk from Queen's Main Campus.

We have now opened our registration to students who are interested in getting a first peak at what is available.

http://www.jessandewen.ca/

Parking

2007-11-21T21:26:00.000-05:00

It's amazing how many people in Kingston are desperate for parking near KGH and Queen's. We currently have a pretty decent waiting list for our lot on Johnson Street at University Avenue.

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ANOTHER New Addition

2007-05-16T18:11:00.000-04:00

We just added yet another property to our Queen's University Student Village rental portfolio. It is a huge 4 bedroom house at the corner of Nelson Street and Mack Street, Kingston, Ontario. We will be doing a big reno this summer so that we can rent it starting in September.

Check it out, along with our other great student rentals available in Kingston on our website, Student Rentals at Queen's University

A New Addition

2007-05-14T18:03:00.000-04:00

We just added another property to our Queen's University Student Village rental portfolio. It is a large duplex at the corner of University Avenue and Johnson Street in Kingston, Ontario.

Check it out, along with our other great student rentals available in Kingston on our website, Student Rentals at Queen's University

Student Rentals at Queen's University

2007-01-10T23:00:00.000-05:00

We've finally managed to get our rentals website off the ground and online. We even managed to use the Google Maps API to feature showcase how close our rentals are to Queen's University.

Check it out.

http://www.jessandewen.ca/

Our New Website

2006-09-30T10:22:00.000-04:00

We've launched our own website... Click Here

The main purpose is to showcase our rental properties in Kingston, which can be seen here and to post photos that we take online to share with friends and family.

Crazy Accident Videos!

2006-03-05T20:53:00.000-05:00

Out of No Where!

Saved by a Tree!

Rolled Over

Corvette Speeds from Cops at 165 mph

Car Crash Compilation

Owner

Always Wear Your Seatbelt!

2006-03-05T20:51:00.000-05:00

Click Here to watch the safety video.

Lefortovo... the tunnel of death in Moscow

2006-03-05T20:48:00.000-05:00

Lefortovo tunnel in Moscow is one of the deadliest tunnels in the world...Watch this clip of real footage to see why...

CRAZY! Click Here

3 Days in Hong Kong

2006-01-23T11:55:00.000-05:00

My uncle Frank was completely correct... Hong Kong is a sea of
humanity! Over 6.8 million people live in an area that covers 1,100
square kilometers (approx. 400 square miles) of which a large portion
is mountainous and uninhabitated. We are clearly the minority here
which allows one to gain a new perspective of our place in the world,
and contrary to what many in North America believe, we are not number
1.

Hong Kong truly is an international city that boasts top notch
transit, especially the MTR, or subway system, that easily puts
Toronto's attempts at mass transit to shame. The trains are always on
time, with large electronic signage and announcements in English and
Cantonese indicating when the next train will arrive. The "No eating
and drinking" policy on trains and paid fare areas results in spotless
stations and the turnstyles/escalators/etc that can be run in both
directions depending on the time of day keep the masses moving
smoothly. For all those people who believe that the TTC is "the best
way", you ain't seen nothing yet.

Thanks to our friend Iris for recommending the Wang Fat Hostel on
Paterson Street as a place to stay here in Hong Kong. Although her
brother was right, that the rooms are not like the photos on the
internet (they are really small), they are clean, comfortable and
relatively quiet and at $350HKD per night are a good deal in a superb
location. However, since it never gets really cold here, there is no
heat or insulation and it can get rather cool, although certainly not
unbearable.

Friday evening was spent walking around the Causeway Bay area and
taking it all in. We had to go and buy a jacket for Jessica and a
light sweater for me as we forgot our sweaters at my dad's in
Kamphaeng Phet when we were there. We enjoyed some food and went to
bed relatively early, weary from our travels.

On Saturday we walked to Victoria Park; a large arboretum situated in
the middle of the city and enjoyed a walk-about and observed crews
setting up a HUGE area for the Lunar New Year's celebrations which
take place this weekend (New Year's eve being Jan28 with the New Year
starting on Jan29). Afterwards we went back to walking the streets
and thanks to Jessica's love of noodles we went to the "Traditional
Noodle House" for some food. Once inside we were seated at a table
with another lady, named Sherry, who spoke English and we got to
chatting. Her husband Phillip, who went to school at MacMaster in
Hamilton, arrived shortly later and we hit it off. She ensured that
we didn't end up eating anything that we wouldn't like and afterwards
we went for coffee together.

Phillip had a previous engagement so she took us to the bus stop where
we left her and Jessica and I went to Stanley Market which is on the
south side of the island. Things were definitely overpriced but we
managed to get some good deals on some small gifts and Jessica found
herself a wonderful necklace.

In the evening we rode the Star Ferry to Kowlooon and went to a night
market on Temple Street before riding the MTR back to Causeway Bay.
We would definitely recommend the ferry ($2.20HKD each, one way) as it
gave us a great opportunity to see the city's skyline with all the
buildings lit up on both sides of the bay.

Yesterday (Sunday), we slept in and had a lazy morning and drank
coffee at, get ready for it, Starbucks... something I would rarely do
even at home. We then went for more noodles at the same restaurant
before taking the MTR to Wong Tai Sin Temple where many were
celebrating and preparing for the new year by making offerings of
whole chickens and ducks, fruits, cakes and other cuts of meat. This
was combined with the burning of incense like we have never seen
before that filled the air so thick with smoke that one could hardly
breathe. We managed to get some great photos (yes, they will be
posted shortly... we know that you're all eagerly waiting for them)
and made wishes by tossing coins into the Wishing Garden which was
comprised of a fountain of lotus flowers (I got my wish much to the
amusement of the locals; Jessica didn't).

Afterwards we took the MTR to Lai King and went for a quick walk
through Modern Terminal's container port. We didn't get a chance to
see Hong Kong International Terminals until we were taking the MTR
back to Central station and could see the terminal out the windows of
the train. The port is absolutely insane. It was somewhat surreal to
see all the crap that the world, and North America in particular,
consumes all boxed up in containers, stacked 10-12 containers high and
hundreds long, ready to be sent around the world. Certainly it
emphasized in our minds that we consume WAY too much in North America
and there were easily millions of 45' containers on the docks.

For dinner we met Sherry and Phil and went out for Chinese Hot Pot
which comprises a, you guessed it, hot pot! It is somewhat like a
fondue whereby the hot pot is filled with a soup broth and you order
different meats, fish, veggies and more to cook in the boiling water.
The food and conversation was great although local establishments seem
infatuated with blowing A/C at maximum despite it being winter here
with the outside temperature being in the low teens. Most patrons of
the restaurant were wearing their winter coats for the whole meal.

We went out for coffee and desserts afterwards and then parted ways,
promising to give them a shout next time either of us are in the
other's country.

This morning (Monday) we got up early and rode the MTR around for a
while to experience the morning rush hour... it was insane!

Unfortunatley during our visit we didn't get a chance to see the Peak
but there will certainly be a next time for that.

Our flight home is at 16:25 today and we are looking forward to coming
home and sharing photos and stories, although both of us are not to
excited about returning to work.

We sure hope that Scott is at the airport when we arrive.

in Hong Kong!! For real this time :)

2006-01-20T03:46:00.000-05:00

We are actually here now...not just at an airport terminal! Just arrived, waiting to check in to our hostel room. So far it is absolutely nuts. It's cool and rainy. Will definitely have to go get a jacket. We will update when we see more!

Take care,

Jessica & Ewen

In Phnom Penh for the Day

2006-01-18T15:52:00.000-05:00

The last few days in Sihanoukville almost proved to be a bit
overwhelming as the town is entirely based on tourism and when we got
away from the beach it was a bit depressing. I am not sure of the
entire history of the town, but it seems like about 30 years ago
(maybe just before the Khmer Rouge and Pol Pot) but maybe subsequent
to the regime that a lot of building was done for tourism purposes but
nothing ever really came of it. There are a lot of 74% complete
buildings and abondoned hotels, empty lots surrounded by walls and
ornate fences and such and it is somewhat creepy.

On Sunday we took a tour of some local islands and did some
snorkelling. Andrew and Cam are both competent snorkellers although I
definitely suck at breathing through a straw and Jessica is a
fraidy-cat of all things under the waves. We stopped at one island
for a lunch of BBQ-ed barracuda and saw some heavy artillery that the
Soviets put on the island in 1989 for some reason or another.
Regardless, the guns were really big and we were not allowed to go
near them or to take photos; although to my keen eyes they appeared to
be in working order.

On Tuesday during our walkabout we went to the Snakehouse, which
although interesting I would definitely NOT recommend to anyone who
visits this town. It truly was a pathetic showing of inhospitable
treatment of animals. I feel horrible for supporting this place with
the $1US I paid for admission.

We enjoyed some great Indian food after our walk at a place called the
Indian Curry Pot by Victory Beach and it is definitely a worthwhile
place to eat. The four of us ate for $21US, and as seems to be the
norm here, the service was stellar. It certainly would put the vast
majority of servers in Canada to shame.

Other days were spent doing a whole lot of nothing on the beach, which
was excellent. I managed to finish the book "Shake Hands with the
Devil" which is an account of the Rwandan genocide as well as "The
Alchemist" and "First They Killed my Father", the latter being a
first-person account by Luoung Buong who was 5 years old when the
Khmer Rouge took over Cambodia and which I would highly recommend.
Jessica also read "The Alchemist" and is almost finished Buong's
account.

We arrived in Phnom Penh by bus this morning, this time taking GST
Transportation which proved to be a bit faster and cooler (the aircon
was working instead of the heaters). We arrived shortly after lunch
and went to the Foreign Correspondent's Club (FCC; which was
recommended by Andrew) for a quick bite and some relaxation.
Afterwards we found a room for $15US, including aircon, hotwater and
breakfast, just north across the street, at the River Street Bar
Restaurant. The rest of the day was spent visiting the market and
walking the streets taking in the sights. This is definitely a city
that is worth a second, or third, visit and we look forward to
returning some day.

We leave for Bangkok tomorrow and are looking forward to being back in
Canada, and the -30C weather, soon.

Still Alive!

2006-01-15T23:12:00.000-05:00

We have enjoyed our holiday at the beach very much and appreciated the
whole "doing nothing" aspect of it and not trying to run around and
quickly see all the sights. We figure that there will be more than
enough time to see the likes of Angkor Wat, S21 and the Killing Fields
and other "attractions".

We fly back to Bangkok on Jan19 where we will be meeting Kittikarn and
I have bought a number of suits and so we were going for a fitting at
11AM on Jan19. We
leave early morning on 20Jan (not sure of the exact time) for Hong Kong.

Photos to follow... the internet here is WAY too slow.

Six Years!! Holy Shit!

2006-01-14T08:44:00.000-05:00

The other day, January 13, was the 6th anniversary since Jessica and I
started dating. What a long time ago that was... back in first
year... visiting Jessica on West Campus. So we celebrated with some
great food and a decent amount of beer yesterday, helped along by Cam
and Andrew.

Today we decided to spend the day alone so after sharing breakfast
with the two we went WAY down the beach and sat in the sun all day.

It was wonderful.

This Place is Just Wonderful

2006-01-12T01:12:00.000-05:00

Since our last update we have done a lot of nothing.

We went to bed early Monday evening after our last update and were
lucky enough to catch part of the sunrise on Tuesday morning, which
was to say the least phenomenal. The day was spent drinking, eating
and walking the beach, twice, and reading. Our friends, Cam and
Andrew, met us with some friendly cheers of "ocho" (our war-cry from
Cuba) and from there on in the night quickly decended into absolute
relaxation as we ate food, sipped buckets (ingredients: whisky, coke
and red-bull from a sandbucket -- in this case we were lucky enough to
get a glass pitcher and asked for no redbull) and watched the waves
lap at the shore.

The food at Cloud 9, where we are staying, is superb although a bit
overpriced compared to other spots on the beach and the "Same Same But
Different" guesthouse is reported to serve up some quality Happy
Pizza, perfect for sharing, for those so inclined at a reasonable
price.

Cam and Andrew managed to find an absolutely free place to stay at the
Full Moon Bar. Interestingly, on this most perfect of beaches, they
are giving away rooms to stay at in return for some patronage of their
bar/restaurant. The rooms are decent and lockable and come with, at
least in this case, double beds and toilet facilities. Certainly a
super deal but we are a little more aligned with the $10 per night
deal we have now... but only because our trip is shorter and our
budget a bit more flexible.

Yesterday, on Wednesday, we went to market on foot and it was
certainly an experience. It would seem that somewhere on us, written
in ink invisible to our eyes, are written the words, "Please rip me
off!". At one stand, the lady tried to convince us that the price
written on a swimming goggles/snorkel set was not 2,175 Riel ($1USD =
4,080 Riel) but rather that was the price she paid for it and that we
were expected to pay 12,000 Riel. I laughed at her, asked her if she
thought I was stupid, offered $1US for 2 and then left when she
refused.

The market here certainly is different to any other that we have
visited as absolutely no one was at all interested in negotiating or
haggling over the price. It would seem as if there were a guide
published ïndicating the price to charge foreigners and that everyone
sticks to it like white on rice. As a result, the market experience
was a bit of a disappointment and we left with only the lunches we ate
and some packs of bottled water along with some fruit.

The evening was spent enjoying a few beer while watching one of the
most spectactular sunsets I have ever witnessed and some great fare at
the "Green Leaf Restaurant" where $1.50US will buy you some fantastic
Fried Noodles with Vegetables and $2US will buy you a huge serving of
Fried Curry Rice with Vegetables. The beers were cheap at $0.75US for
a can of Beerlao.

There are numerous bars on the beach offering a wide assortment of
Khmer and Western food and a good number boast Happy Pizza and Shakes,
which Phnom Penh is famous for, with others upping the ante and
offering Free Smoking as well. Other tourists have told us that the
Dolphin Shack and Mama's are great stops.

Certainly the darker elements are not in plain view, but yesterday
gentlemen walking along the road behind the beach bars were making no
efforts to conceal the AK-47's that they were carrying and there seem
to be a few foreigners who are keen on nothing more than meeting the
local girls. Although, this doesn't seem to deter those who are on
vacation here with their spouses and families.

Today, being Thursday, we slept in, ate a good breakfast of Veggie
Omelettes with Baguettes at our Guest House and did some reading...
although Jessica did less reading and more napping than I.

We're going to enjoy the beach now and try to capture some photos to
post tomorrow.

In Cambodia

2006-01-09T06:14:00.000-05:00

Good evening ladies and gentlemen!

Jessica and I are loving our trip!

We've been in Thailand since January 1 and spent the majority of the
time visiting my dad in Kamphaeng Phet, which is in the central part
of the country and some friends, including our good friend Kittikarn
who took us to Uttradit where we stayed in her wonderful Thai house
and ate some awesome food!! We had a lot of fun with my dad although
it was more of a western type experience than what we experienced with
Kittikarn. Arman was with us the whole time and we
had a blast, including a visit to Myanmar (formerly Burma) for a day,
the hot springs, the Unesco site in my dad's town and more.

Yesterday we returned to Bangkok and today we flew to Phnom Penh and
then took a bus with the Rith Mony Transport Company to Sihanoukville which is down in the south, thanks to
Arman's recommend. Suffice to say this place is beautiful and is
quite fortunately yet undiscovered by the masses. We are staying in a
thatched roof bungalow on the hillside overlooking the ocean for a
whopping $10US per day at a place called Cloud 9. We'll send photos tomorrow of the sites and
if all goes according to plan will meet up with Cam and Andrew, who
have been in Asia for almost 2 months now, tomorrow or Wednesday.

We plan on spending the remainder of our time here and will return to
Bangkok on January 19 for our trip home. I know, that may sound lazy
to some of you but we decided that it just wasn't worth our while to
be rushing around from place to place on this trip.

More updates will follow shortly.

Ewen and Jessica

ps. it's in the low 30's here today... and there's no snow in the forecast.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

2006-01-09T06:12:00.000-05:00

We have arrived... safe and sound in Hong Kong waiting for our
connecting flight to Bangkok.

That means for us, it is now 2006 and we wanted to wish you all a
happy new year! We celebrated with Hong Kong's new year somewhere
over the ocean with a glass of champagne and little fanfare.

All the best in the new year!

Ewen

Edit: I meant to post this much earlier, but as you can see, some technical difficulties kept me from doing it until today.

My Brother is Leaving!

2005-11-14T14:35:00.000-05:00

My brother, who is taking the year off school, is leaving in early December for a trip through Northern Africa and the Middle East.

Check out his blog, where he will be posting about his adventures!

James' Travel Journal

Power Line Theft Leaves 80,000 Powerless

2005-06-16T12:34:00.000-04:00

So I'm wondering, how does one go about cutting a live, high-voltage, electrical cable?

As many as 80,000 people in northern China lost their power when the attempted theft of a power line went spectacularly wrong.

A high-tension cable that was cut on Monday fell onto a highway and became snagged on a passing tanker truck, said the state-run China Daily.

The trailing wire then dragged down seven steel towers along the highway in Huayin, northern Shaanxi province.

Traffic on the highway was stopped for nine hours and tens of thousands of people lost electricity.

Thieves sell the stolen wire for scrap.

Last year, China recorded the worst power shortages in decades as the electricity network strained to supply the booming economy.

Waterloo Engineer Makes $30 A/C Unit

2005-06-15T07:16:00.000-04:00

Using water is a heat sink is a brilliant idea. I've been thinking about how to install some sort of similar unit in my home but rather than using a cold garbage can of ice water was wondering how I could use the incoming cold water supply for my house as the heat sink. In so doing I'm getting free cooling ability out of the water that I am using anyway.

I'm no inspired and just maybe will get something all put together over the summer for a test demo. Until then, check out how this guy built his.

Here's the basic setup. The garbage can is filled with ice water, which is then fed by gravity (a siphon) through the copper tubing coiled along the back of the fan. The hot air passing through the tubing warms the cold water, cooling the air. Waste warm water is then pumped outside.

The system will cool an average room to a comfortable level in approximately 15-20 minutes. Depending on flow rate, a full bucket of water will last approximately 1-3 hours.

It doesn't rip quite as hard as central air, but for less than $30 CAD I'm not complaining.

Dual Photography

2005-06-14T15:19:00.000-04:00

We present a novel photographic technique called dual photography, which exploits Helmholtz reciprocity to interchange the lights and cameras in a scene. With a video projector providing structured illumination, reciprocity permits us to generate pictures from the viewpoint of the projector, even though no camera was present at that location. The technique is completely image-based, requiring no knowledge of scene geometry or surface properties, and by its nature automatically includes all transport paths, including shadows, interreflections and caustics. In its simplest form, the technique can be used to take photographs without a camera; we demonstrate this by capturing a photograph using a projector and a photo-resistor. If the photo-resistor is replaced by a camera, we can produce a 4D dataset that allows for relighting with 2D incident illumination. Using an array of cameras we can produce a 6D slice of the 8D reflectance field that allows for relighting with arbitrary light fields. Since an array of cameras can operate in parallel without interference, whereas an array of light sources cannot, dual photography is fundamentally a more efficient way to capture such a 6D dataset than a system based on multiple projectors and one camera. As an example, we show how dual photography can be used to capture and relight scenes.

The craziest part is the video (63 MB) that they have showing how they use Helmholtz reciprocity to see what simply cannot be seen by the camera.

Simply put, any light source can become a camera.... privacy is over.

New Scientist News Article

Be Inside a Tornado

2005-06-08T16:29:00.000-04:00

It's a technological first. A well-placed probe fitted with 7 video cameras—6 with a 60-degree field-of-view designed to achieve a full 360-degree field-of-view (one failed during deployment, resulting in a 300-degree field-of-view) and one pointing upward—captures footage inside a tornado, providing visual data on ground wind speeds where the storm does the greatest damage. And Tim Samaras with his team of storm chasers are there to make it happen.

Link

We Bought Another House

2005-06-07T13:10:00.000-04:00

Listing Sheet

My girlfriend and I just purchased another house in Kingston as an income property. Located just a few blocks west of Queen's main campus and about 2 blocks east of Queen's west campus the house is in a prime location and is in the presitigious Sir Winston Churchill school district.

On top of that, the house features a new furnace, new electrical and water services and a amazing "shed" in the backyard that is actually more like a small house complete with electricity, windows and insulation.

We are quite excited about this as we plan to buy a few more properties and to build up a nice real estate portfolio so that we can retire at a proper age, say about 35 years old.

James Bulloch is our real estate agent in Kingston and I would HIGHLY recommend him to anyone who is looking to buy property in the area. As well, I would be quick to recommend John Hunt from Mortgage Intelligence if you are looking for financing as he found us a superb, fixed rate mortgage.

Our plans are to rent the house out to grad or post-doctorate students or visiting professors, so if you fit the above description and need a place to live in Kingston be sure to drop me a line or post a comment.

I'll be sure to post a floor plan shortly for those of you who are interested.

Real Estate Deal Falls Through

2005-06-06T15:31:00.000-04:00

Well, I'm sad to report that the real estate deal that we had been working on has fallen through. The building simply needs too much work and the lenders are, quite understandably, not willing to take the risk. Really, I think the lady selling the building needs a bit of a reality check as to just how much her property is worth. I guess only time will tell but I certainly hope that no one pays full price for the building as it simply is not worth more than 65% of the asking price (which has already been lowered by $70,000).

These things happen but I don't mind; as my real estate agent says, "Properties are like trains, another will be along in 20 minutes."

Although the market is currently "peaking" I believe that there are still a few good deals to be found.

Our New Website

2005-06-01T11:36:00.000-04:00

A buddy of mine and I are working towards putting together a website that will feature tenant reviews of rental properties in the GTA. It will be another few weeks before we get everything up and running but in the meantime I'm happy to share that we now have our domain name, apartmentratings.ca, and have found super-cheap webhosting with Pow Web, where we get 5 gigs of storage and 10 gigs of bandwidth per day for only $7.77 per month!

I'll be sure to keep you all posted on our progress but like I said it will probably be another couple of weeks before we have something to beta test.

From Space Update 3 (Google Maps)

2005-05-11T15:19:00.000-04:00

Here are today's updates to my previous post, From Space... (part 2). These have not been incorporated into the original post as I've mostly gotten over the hype of seeing stuff from space but since I already had the list together I figured I should post it. It is still very cool and all but compiling lists is so 1987 so I've moved on to bigger and better things.... like keeping busy at work!

Irrigated Farm Land (Rachel, Nevada)

Area 51 - Unknown Facility (Rachel, Nevada)

Cargo Ship (St. Lawrence River, Quebec, Canada)

Corel Centre - home of the Ottawa Senators (NHL) more info (Kanata, Ontario)

For Chamblay - more info (Longueuil, Quebec)

Downsview Park - more info (Toronto, Ontario)

Horseshoe Falls (Niagara Falls) - more info (Niagara Falls, Ontario)

Skyway Bridge - more info (Hamilton, Ontario)

Stelco - more info (Hamilton, Ontario)

Inco Superstack - more info (Sudbury, Ontario)

Tailings Ponds note the green, red and aquamarine blue colours (Sudbury, Ontario)

Frank Clair Stadium home to the Ottawa Renegads (CFL) - more info (Ottawa, Ontario)

Pearson International Airport note the construction of the new Terminal 1 - more info (Toronto, Ontario)

Nortel Networks Campus - more info (Kanata, Ontario)

Capitol through some odd looking glass (Washington, D.C.)

that fort - more info (St. Augustine, Florida)

Brookhaven National Laboratory Relativisitc Heavy Ion Collider - more info (Upton, New York)

(Akron, Ohio)

From Space Update 2 (Google Maps)

2005-04-25T11:06:00.000-04:00

Here are today's updates to my previous post, From Space... (part 2). They have been incorporated into the original post and are listed here to keep a timeline of the updates.

Bingham Canyon Mine - more info (Copperton, Utah)

Wrigley Field - more info (Chicago, Illinois)

Manicouagan Impact Crater - more info (Quebec)

Calgary Tower - more info (Calgary, Alberta)

Crater Lake - more info (Oregon)

Memphis Pyramid Arena - more info (Memphis, Tennessee)

Overlapping Seasons (Utah)

Overlapping Seasons (Illinois)

Nuclear Generating Station (San Ofre, California)

Nuclear Generating Station - USA’s first full-scale, privately financed nuclear power plant (Dresden, Illinois)

Nuclear Generating Station (Perry, Ohio)

Nuclear Generating Station - world’s first nuclear power plant (Arco, Idaho)

Davis-Besse Nuclear Generating Station - more info (Oak Harbor, Ohio)

Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station - more info (Wintersberg, Arizona)

From Space Update (Google Maps)

2005-04-24T14:35:00.000-04:00

Here are today's updates to my previous post, From Space... (part 2). They have been incorporated into the original post and are listed here to keep a timeline of the updates.

Gated Community- more info (Boynton Beach, Florida)

Windmill Cluster- more info (Mojave, California)

Whistler-Blackcomb- more info (Whistler, British Columbia)

GM Proving Grounds- more info (Mesa, Arizona)

Lion's Gate Bridge- more info (Vancouver, British Columbia)

From Space... (part 2)

2005-04-20T16:01:00.000-04:00

After Google Maps was released I, along with thousands of other people, have found all kinds of interesting landmarks, geographical formations, oddities (the White House with a blank roof) and more. Google has made sightseeing an armchair activity!

Here is a rather extensive list of some views from space. Feel free to add more via the comments link at the bottom or by e-mailing me at ewen dot blog at gmail dot com and I'll add them to the list as they come in.

One that I can't seem to find is a view from space of the Ghost Ships, which seem to be blacked out in the satellite images of the location. Any help would be much appreciated.

Bookmark this page now as it is updated daily with new destinatins!

Now Featuring 382 Destinations!!

New Links Added: (follow the link to view additions)

Sunday, April 24, 2005

Monday, April 25, 2005

Wednesday, May 11, 2005 (note that these are not incorporated below)

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Popular Destinations

Bill Gates' house

White House- with "erased" rooftops

Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch

World Trade Center site

All Virtual Sightseeing Destinations
(sorted by state, with international locations at the bottom)

Alabama (2)

Talladega Superspeedway - more info (in Talladega Alabama)

USS Alabama Battleship - more info (in Mobile Alabama)

Alaska (3)

Glacier Bay - favorite of cruise ships. more info (near Juneau Alaska)

Salmon Glacier - more info (near Hyder Alaska)

TRANSIENT: Seaplane (in Anchorage Alaska)

Arizona (10)

Airplane Graveyard (in Tuscon Arizona)

America West Arena - home of Phoenix Suns more info (in Phoenix Arizona)

Bank One Ballpark - aka BOB. Home of Arizona Diamondbacks. more info (in Phoenix Arizona)

GM Proving Grounds - more info (Mesa, Arizona)

Grand Canyon (in Arizona)

Meteor Crater (in Flagstaff Arizona)

Oprah and TV logo (near Phoenix Arizona)

Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station - uses sewage water for cooling water more info (Wintersberg, Arizona)

Phoenix International Raceway - more info (in Avondale Arizona)

Titan Missile Museum - Only preserved Titan II silo. more info (near Tuscon Arizona)

California (63)

Heavens Gate Cult Mansion (in Rancho Santa Fe California)

Alcatraz (near San Francisco California)

Angels Stadium - more info (in Anaheim California)

Apple Campus (in Cupertino California)

Barbra Streisand's Estate (in Malibu California)

California Speedway - more info (in Fontana California)

California State Capitol (in Sacramento California)

Candlestick (3Com) Park - during a 49ers game (near San Francisco California)

Coronado Bridge - more info (in San Diego California)

Del Mar (horse) racetrack - more info (in Del Mar California)

Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant (in Diablo Canyon California)

Disneyland (in Anaheim California)

Dodger Stadium - home of LA Dodgers. more info (in Los Angeles California)

Drydocked submarine? (in San Diego California)

Folsom Prison - more info (in Folsom California)

General Atomics' atom-shaped campus (in San Diego California)

Golden Gate Bridge (in San Francisco California)

Google Campus (in Mountain View California)

Hearst Castle - note Hearst airstrip (near San Luis Obispo California)

Hollywood sign (in Hollywood California)

Hotel del Coronado - more info (in Coronado California)

Infineon Raceway - formerly Sears Point. more info (near Sonoma California)

JPL at CalTech - more info (near Pasadena California)

James Dean accident site - more info (in Cholame California)

LAX Airport (in Los Angeles California)

La Brea Tar Pits - and Natural History Museum (in Los Angeles California)

Legoland (in Carlsbad California)

Madonna Inn - more info (near San Luis Obispo California)

Memorial Coliseum - built for the 1932 Olympics. more info (in Los Angeles California)

Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch (near Solvang California)

Mono Lake - more info (near Yosemite California)

Monterey Bay Aquarium - more info (near Monterey California)

Mothball Fleet (in Benicia California)

Nuclear Generating Station (San Ofre, California)

Pac Bell (SBC) Park - home of SF Giants. more info (in San Francisco California)

Pebble Beach Golf Course - more info (in Pebble Beach California)

Plant 42- Lockheed Skunkworks - B2 production facility, plus more. more info (near Palmdale California)

Queen Mary - more info (in Long Beach California)

Rod Stewart's mansion (in Beverly Hills California)

SAN Airport (in San Diego California)

SR-71 Blackbirds - on tarmac at Edwards AFB (in Lancaster California)

San Onofre Nuclear Plant - aka "Madonna" (in San Onofre California)

San Quentin Prison - more info (in San Quentin California)

San Ysidro Border Crossing - world's busiest border crossing (near San Diego California)

Sea World (in San Diego California)

Six Flags Magic Mountain (in Valencia California)

Stanford Linear Accelerator - more info (in Menlo Park California)

Staples Center - home of LA Lakers. more info (in Los Angeles California)

Staples Center - more info (in Los Angeles California)

TRANSIENT: Airliner - on approach to SAN, over Balboa Park (in San Diego California)

TRANSIENT: Airliner (757?) - on approach to LAX (in Los Angeles California)

TRANSIENT: Airliner (MD90?) - crossing over Upper Lake Castaic Dam (near Castaic California)

UC Santa Barbara (in Santa Barbara California)

UCLA (in Los Angeles California)

USAS Thunderbirds - on tarmac at Edwards AFB (in Lancaster California)

USS Hornet Carrier - at Alameda NAS (Matrix, Mythbusters). more info (in Oakland California)

USS John C. Stennis docked at NAS North Island (in San Diego California)

Universal Studios Theme Park (and studios) (in Universal City California)

University of Southern California (in Los Angeles California)

Vandernberg AFB - shuttle landing site. Note odd shift in tiling (in Lompoc California)

Walt Disney's former mansion (in Beverly Hills California)

Warner Brothers Studios (in Burbank California)

Windmill Cluster - more info (Mojave, California)

Yahoo Campus (in Sunnyvale California)

Colorado (16)

Aspen Ski Resort (in Aspen Colorado)

Breckenridge Ski Resort (in Breckenridge Colorado)

Cheyenne Mountain (NORAD) (near Colorado Springs Colorado)

Colorado Capitol Building (in Denver Colorado)

Colorado State University (in Fort Collins Colorado)

Coors Brewery (in Golden Colorado)

Coors Field (in Denver Colorado)

Mt. Evans (near Denver Colorado)

Pikes Peak - tram is visible (near Colorado Springs Colorado)

Pikes Peak International Raceway - more info (in Fountain Colorado)

Red Rocks Ampitheatre (in Morrison Colorado)

Six Flags Elitch Gardens, Pepsi Center, Invesco Field (in Denver Colorado)

Steamboat Springs Ski Resort (in Steamboat Springs Colorado)

US Air Force Academy (near Colorado Springs Colorado)

Vail Ski Resort (in Vail Colorado)

Winter Park Ski Resort (in Winter Park Colorado)

Connecticut (1)

Yale (in New Haven Connecticut)

Delaware (2)

C5-A cargo planes - at Dover AFB more info (near Dover Delaware)

Dover International Speedway - more info (near Dover Delaware)

District Of Columbia (1)

FBI headquarters - more info (in District Of Columbia)

Jefferson Memorial (in District Of Columbia)

Lincoln Memorial (in District Of Columbia)

US Congress (blurred) - House of Representatives offices at bottom (in District Of Columbia)

US Senate office buildings (in District Of Columbia)

US Supreme Court - the whiteish building. (in District Of Columbia)

Union Station - more info (in District Of Columbia)

Washington Monument (in District Of Columbia)

Washington National Cathedral - more info (in District Of Columbia)

White House- with "erased" rooftops (in District Of Columbia)

Florida (17)

Daytona International Speedway - more info (in Daytona Florida)

Epcot Center - at Walt Disney World (in Orlando Florida)

Gated Community - more info (Boynton Beach, Florida)

Homestead-Miami Speedway - more info (in Homestead Florida)

Lake Eola (in Orlando Florida)

Magic Kingdom - at Walt Disney World (in Orlando Florida)

Miami International Airport (in Miami Florida)

Mickey Mouse Pond - Disney World Speedway at Walt Disney World (in Orlando Florida)

NASA Kennedy Space Center / Cape Canaveral (in Florida)

Palm Bay landscaped signs - on I-95 (in Palm Bay Florida)

Polynesian Resort - at Walt Disney World (in Orlando Florida)

Sea World (in Orlando Florida)

South Land Mall (in Cutler Ridge Florida)

TRANSIENT: Airliner - on approach to TIA (near Tampa Florida)

TRANSIENT: Blimp (near Clearwater Beach Florida)

USS John F Kennedy aircraft carrier - at NS Mayport. more info (in Mayport Florida)

Universal Studios - and Islands of Adventure (in Orlando Florida)

Georgia (11)

Arabia Mountain - same granite as Stone Mountain more info (near Atlanta Georgia)

Atlanta Motor Speedway - more info (in Hampton Georgia)

Augusta National Golf Course (in Augusta Georgia)

Edwin I Hatch Nuclear Plant - more info (near Baxley Georgia)

Gold-domed Georgia Capitol Building (in Atlanta Georgia)

Kings Bay Submarine Base - more info (in Kingland Georgia)

Rock Quarry (in Atlanta Georgia)

Spaghetti Junction - intersection of I-85 and I-285 (in Atlanta Georgia)

Stone Mountain - more info (near Atlanta Georgia)

TRANSIENT: Airliner - just taking off. Follow to the right to see it gaining in altitude (in Atlanta Georgia)

Turner Field - home of the Braves and the 1996 Olympics (in Atlanta Georgia)

Hawaii (1)

Steaming Volcano (in Hawaii)

Idaho (2)

Mountain Home AFB (Mountain Home, Idaho)

Nuclear Generating Station - world’s first nuclear power plant (Arco, Idaho)

Illinois (10)

Chicagoland Speedway - more info (near Chicago Illinois)

Fermilab - Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory more info (near Chicago Illinois)

Gateway International Speedway - more info (in Madison Illinois)

Michael Jordan's house (in Highland Park Illinois)

Nuclear Generating Station - USA’s first full-scale, privately financed nuclear power plant (Dresden, Illinois)

Overlapping Seasons (Illinois)

Sears Tower - between Adams and Jackson, west of Franklin (in Chicago Illinois)

Six Flags Great America (in Gurnee Illinois)

U-505 U-Boat - between buildings, facing north-south. more info (in Chicago Illinois)

Wrigley Field - more info (Chicago, Illinois)

Indiana (2)

Indianapolis Motor Speedway - more info (in Indianapolis Indiana)

Indianapolis Raceway Park - more info (in Indianapolis Indiana)

Iowa (1)

Iowa State Capitol (in Des Moines Iowa)

Kansas (5)

Boeing Manufacturing Plant (in Wichita Kansas)

Irrigation Circles - more info (near Oakley Kansas)

Kansas Speedway - more info (near Kansas City Kansas)

Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary - more info (in Leavenworth Kansas)

McConnell AFB (in Wichita Kansas)

Kentucky (5)

CVG Airport (in Covington Kentucky)

Churchill Downs - home of Kentucky Derby. more info (in Louisville Kentucky)

Fort Knox - (Gold) Bullion Depository. more info (in Fort Knox Kentucky)

Kentucky Speedway - more info (near Sparta Kentucky)

TRANSIENT: Airliner - about to land at CVG (in Covington Kentucky)

Louisiana (4)

Atchafalaya Basin - largest swamp wilderness in the US. more info ( in Louisiana)

B52 Bombers - 40 of them! Barksdale AFB. (near Shreveport Louisiana)

Lake Pontchartrain Causeway - longest bridge in the world, more info (near New Orleans Louisiana)

The French Quarter (in New Orleans Louisiana)

Maryland (3)

Camp David - more info (near Frederick Maryland)

Inner Harbor (in Baltimore Maryland)

NSA complex (in Fort Meade Maryland)

Massachusetts (19)

BOS Airport - aka Logan Airport. more info (near Boston Massachusetts)

Boston Common - and Public Gardens (in Boston Massachusetts)

Boston's Financial District - more info (in Boston Massachusetts)

Charlestown Navy Yard - USS Cassin Young in dock (in Boston Massachusetts)

City Hall (in Boston Massachusetts)

Crop Formation - peace sign? Accidental? (near Northfield Massachusetts)

Faneuil Hall - more info (in Boston Massachusetts)

Fenway Park (in Boston Massachusetts)

Fleet Center (in Boston Massachusetts)

Foxboro and Gillette Stadiums - Gillette Stadium under construction (in Foxboro Massachusetts)

Gloucester Harbor - America's oldest Seaport, home of Perfect Storm book/movie. (in Gloucester Massachusetts)

Harvard Campus (in Cambridge Massachusetts)

Henry Zakum Bunker Hill Bridge - part of Big Dig (in Boston Massachusetts)

Kennedy Compound (in Hyannis Port Massachusetts)

MIT Campus (in Cambridge Massachusetts)

Quincy Market - more info (in Boston Massachusetts)

TRANSIENT: Airliner - over Boston Harbor (in Boston Massachusetts)

Ted Kennedy's home - Formerly JFK's summer home. (near Hyannis Port Massachusetts)

USS Massachusetts - more info (in Boston Massachusetts)

Michigan (7)

Ambassador Bridge (in Detroit Michigan)

Comerica Park - more info (in Detroit Michigan)

Ford Field - home of Detroit Lions. more info (in Detroit Michigan)

Mackinac Bridge - more info (near St. Ignace Michigan)

Michigan International Speedway - more info (in Brooklyn Michigan)

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore - more info (near Traverse City Michigan)

Tiger Stadium - more info (in Detroit Michigan)

Minnesota (3)

Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome - more info (in Minneapolis Minnesota)

Mall of America - hi Miss Alli! (in Minneapolis Minnesota)

Minnesota State Capitol (in St. Paul Minnesota)

Missouri (5)

Busch Brewery (in St. Louis Missouri)

Busch Stadium (in St Louis Missouri)

Kauffman and Arrowhead Stadiums (in Independence Missouri)

St. Louis Arch (in St. Louis Missouri)

Worlds/Oceans of Fun (near Randolph Missouri)

Montana (1)

Minuteman III missile silo - at Malmstrom AFB more info (near Great Falls Montana)

Nevada (15)

Aircraft at NAS FallonA-10, F14, F-16, F-117, more. (in Fallon Nevada)

Area 51 (in Rachel Nevada)

Bellagio Fountains (in Las Vegas Nevada)

Burning Man (in Gerlach Nevada)

Fremont (covered) Street (in Las Vegas Nevada)

Hard Rock Hotel (in Las Vegas Nevada)

Hoover Dam (near Boulder City Nevada)

LAS airport (in Las Vegas Nevada)

Las Vegas Motor Speedway - more info (in Las Vegas Nevada)

Las Vegas Strip (in Las Vegas Nevada)

Luxor Pyramid - more info (in Las Vegas Nevada)

Nevada Test Site - home of 928 atomic detonations. more info (in Yucca Flat Nevada)

Red Rock Canyon (in Las Vegas Nevada)

Stratosphere Tower - more info (in Las Vegas Nevada)

UNLV (in Las Vegas Nevada)

New Hampshire (1)

New Hampshire International Speedway - aka Loudon. more info (in Loudon New Hampshire)

New Jersey (3)

EWR Airport - more info (in Newark New Jersey)

Pitchfork Pier - ammunition loading pier (in Highlands New Jersey)

USS New Jersey - more info (in Camden New Jersey)

New Mexico (3)

Holloman AFB - near first a-bomb test. more info (in Alamogordo New Mexico)

Pueblo Bonito / Chaco Canyon more info (near Albuquerque New Mexico)

Trinity Site - first a-bomb test. more info (near Socorro New Mexico)

New York (12)

Columbia University (in New York City New York)

Empire State Building (in New York City New York)

Erie Canal Locks - more info (in Lockport New York)

Erie Canal water mixing - mixing into Oneida Lake. more info (in Oneida Lake New York)

JFK Airport - more info (near New York City New York)

John Lennon murder site - The Dakota- 72nd and Central Park West. more info (in New York City New York)

LGA Airport - more info (near New York City New York)

Niagara Falls (in Niagara Falls New York)

Rikers Island - more info (in New York City New York)

Statue of Liberty (in New York City New York)

Watkins Glen - more info (in Watkins Glen New York)

World Trade Center site (in New York City New York)

North Carolina (10)

Bald Head Island / Cape Fear - more info (in North Carolina)

Biltmore Estate - more info (in Asheville North Carolina)

Cape Hatteras - more info (near Greenville North Carolina)

Cape Lookout (near Jacksonville North Carolina)

Duke University (in Durham North Carolina)

Fort Bragg- Delta Force, 82nd Airborne - more info (in Fort Bragg North Carolina)

Lowes Motor Speedway - formerly Charlotte. more info (in Concord North Carolina)

Pinehurst - home of US Open 2005 (in Pinehurst North Carolina)

UNC (in Chapel Hill North Carolina)

US Army Delta Force Compound (near Fayetteville North Carolina)

North Dakota (1)

B52 bombers - Minot AFB (in Minot North Dakota)

Ohio (20)

Cedar Point - roller coaster park (Cedar Point, Ohio)

Davis-Besse Nuclear Generating Station - more info (Oak Harbor, Ohio)

Derby Downs - home of the All American Soap Box Derby (in Akron Ohio)

Firestone Country Club (near Akron Ohio)

Firestone Headquarters (in Akron Ohio)

Goodyear Airdock - plus the Fuji Film or Metlife blimp. more info (in Akron Ohio)

Goodyear Headquarters (in Akron Ohio)

Jeffery Dahmers' house - more info (in Akron Ohio)

LCK airport - more info (in Columbus Ohio)

Mansfield Motorsports Speedway - more info (in Mansfield Ohio)

Nuclear Generating Station (Perry, Ohio)

Ohio State University (in Columbus Ohio)

Rex's Erection - more info (in Akron Ohio)

Santa Maria replica - more info (in Columbus Ohio)

Site of Kent State Shootings - more info (in Kent Ohio)

TRANSIENT: Airliner - shortly after takeoff from LCK (in Columbus Ohio)

TRANSIENT: debris trapped behind dam, coal barge in locks (in Yorkville Ohio)

USAF National Museum - in Wright-Pratt AFB (near Fairborn Ohio)

Wingfoot Lake Blimp Facility (in Akron Ohio)

Wright Brothers Hanger - in Wright-Pratt AFB (near Fairborn Ohio)

Oklahoma (1)

Oklahoma City bombing site - more info (in Oklahoma City Oklahoma)

Oregon (9)

Crater Lake - more info (Medford, Oregon)

Crown Point Vista House - more info (near Portland Oregon)

Memorial Coliseum - former home of Portland Trailblazers. more info (in Portland Oregon)

OSU Football Stadium (in Corvallis Oregon)

PDX Airport - on the Columbia River (in Portland Oregon)

Rose Garden Arena - home of Portland Trailblazers. more info (in Portland Oregon)

TRANSIENT: Airliner - shortly after takeoff from PDX (near Portland Oregon)

Tillamook Cheese Factory (in Tillamook Oregon)

Willamette Falls - on Willamette River (in Oregon City Oregon)

Pennsylvania (10)

Braddock Dam - casted concrete dam, floated into place. more info (near Pittsburgh Pennsylvania)

Delaware Water Gap - more info (near Stroudsburg Pennsylvania)

Hersheypark, Hershey Plant - more info (in Hershey Pennsylvania)

Kennywood Park - roller coaster park more info (near Pittsburgh Pennsylvania)

Nazareth Speedway - more info (in Nazareth Pennsylvania)

Pocono Raceway - superspeedway. more info (in Long Pond Pennsylvania)

Sandcastle Water Park - during a flood. (near Pittsburgh Pennsylvania)

Three Mile Island - more info (near Harrisburg Pennsylvania)

Three Rivers - Ohio, Monongahela, Allegheny Rivers (in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania)

USS America? - ready for scrapping. (in Philadelpha Pennsylvania)

Rhode Island (1)

USS Forrestal and USS Saratoga - aircraft carriers at the Naval Academy. (in Newport Rhode Island)

South Carolina (7)

Charleston Harbor (in Charleston South Carolina)

Darlington Raceway - more info (in Darlington South Carolina)

Fort Sumter - more info (near Charleston South Carolina)

Harbour Town Country Club - MCI Heritage event, played 4/17/05 (in Hilton Head South Carolina)

Historic Horseshoe - University of South Carolina (in Columbia South Carolina)

South Carolina State House (in Columbia South Carolina)

USS Yorktown - and submarine (near Charleston South Carolina)

South Dakota (1)

Mount Rushmore (near Keystone South Dakota)

Tennessee (7)

Bristol Motor Speedway - more info (in Bristol Tennessee)

Elvis Presley's Graceland (in Memphis Tennessee)

Memphis Motorsports Park - more info (in Memphis Tennessee)

Memphis Pyramid Arena - more info (Memphis, Tennessee)

Nashville Superspeedway - more info (in Lebanon Tennessee)

Oak Ridge National Laboratory - more info (near Oak Ridge Tennessee)

Opryland Hotel (in Nashville Tennessee)

Texas (30)

Ameriquest Field - home of Texas Rangers. more info (in Arlington Texas)

Apollo 18 stages - more info (near Houston Texas)

Astrodome - aka Reliant Park more info (in Houston Texas)

B1 Bombers - Dyess AFB (in Abilene Texas)

Bell Helicopter Textron Plant - more info (in Amarillo Texas)

Branch Davidian Compound - more info (near Waco Texas)

Cadillac Ranch - more info (in Amarillo Texas)

Caprock Canyons - more info (near Amarillo Texas)

Cirque du Soleil - Houston - more info (in Houston Texas)

Dallas-Fort Worth Airport (near Dallas Texas)

Dealey Plaza / Grassy Knoll - Where JFK was assasinated. more info (in Dallas Texas)

Forbidden Gardens - 1/3 scale replica of China's Terracotta Army. more info (in Katy Texas)

George W Bush's Prairie Chapel Ranch - more info (in Crawford Texas)

Juarez-El Paso border crossing - big lineup of cars (in El Paso Texas)

Michael Dell's house (in Austin Texas)

Mothball Fleet (near Beaumont Texas)

Palo Duro Canyon - more info (in Texas)

Six Flags Astroworld (in Houston Texas)

Six Flags Fiesta Texas (in San Antonio Texas)

Six Flags Over Texas (in Dallas Texas)

TRANSIENT: Aircraft - shortly after takeoff (scroll north, same plan appears several times) (in Dallas Texas)

Texas A&M University (in College Station Texas)

Texas Capitol Building (in Austin Texas)

Texas Motor Speedway - more info (near Ft. Worth Texas)

Texas Stadium - home of Dallas Cowboys. more info (near Dallas Texas)

Texas Tech University (in Lubbock Texas)

The Alamo (in San Antonio Texas)

USS Texas Dreadnaught - more info (in La Porte Texas)

University of Texas (in Austin Texas)

Utah (4)

Bingham Canyon Mine - more info (Copperton, Utah)

Bonneville Salt Flats - more info (in Utah)

Intersection of Colorado and Green Rivers (near Moab Utah)

Overlapping Seasons (Utah)

Vermont (1)

Presidential Range - including Mt. Washington. more info (near Bethlehem Vermont)

Virginia (17)

(Ronald Reagan Washington) National Airport (in Arlington Virginia)

AOL Campus (in Ashburn Virginia)

Aircraft Carriers at Norfolk Naval Base (in Norfolk Virginia)

Aircraft- F22s? - at Langley AFB. more info (in Hampton Virginia)

Arlington Cemetary (in Arlington Virginia)

CIA Headquarters (in Virginia)

Dulles Airport (in Dulles Virginia)

MCI Campus - more info (in Ashburn Virginia)

Martinsville Speedway - more info (in Martinsville Virginia)

Mothball Fleet (in Fort Eustis Virginia)

Nimitz-class Aircraft Carrier - At Norfolk. Can someone identify this? more info (in Norfolk Virginia)

Nimitz-class carriers - can anyone ID these? (in Newport News Virginia)

Richmond International Raceway - more info (in Richmond Virginia)

Submarines in drydock - at Norfolk. Can someone identify these? more info (in Norfolk Virginia)

TRANSIENT: Private Plane making emergency landing - on I-95 (near Dumfries Virginia)

The Pentagon (in Arlington Virginia)

USS Wisconsin - more info (in Norfolk Virginia)

Washington (10)

Bill Gates' house (in Seattle Washington)

Irrigation Pacman - more info (near Moses Lake Washington)

Largest Building in the World - Boeing's 747 production facility. more info (in Everett Washington)

Longest beach in the world - longest driveable beach, too (in Long Beach Washington)

Microsoft Campus (in Redmond Washington)

Mount Saint Helens (in Washington)

Qwest Field - home of Seattle Seahawks. more info (in Seattle Washington)

SEA Airport - more info (in Seattle Washington)

Safeco Field - home of Seattle Mariners. more info (in Seattle Washington)

Space Needle (and EMP) (in Seattle Washington)

Wisconsin (5)

Camp Randall Stadium - more info (in Madison Wisconsin)

Lambeau Field - home of Green Bay Packers. more info (in Green Bay Wisconsin)

Milwaukee Mile Speedway - more info (in West Allis Wisconsin)

UW-Madison - University of Wisconsin. more info (in Madison Wisconsin)

Wisconsin State Capitol - note the placement (in Madison Wisconsin)

Wyoming (2)

Devils Tower - in Close Encounters of the Third Kind (in Wyoming)

Yellowstone's Old Faithful (in Wyoming Wyoming)

Bermuda (1)

Bermuda (in Bermuda)

Brazil (1)

Deforestation in Brazil (in Rondonia Brazil)

Canada (22)
Alberta (4)

Calgary Tower - more info (Calgary, Alberta)

Lake Louise - more info (Alberta)

Saddle Dome (Calgary, Alberta)

Tar Sands - more info, more info (Fort McMurray, Alberta)

British Columbia (2)

Lion's Gate Bridge - more info (Vancouver, British Columbia)

Whistler-Blackcomb - more info (Whistler, British Columbia)

North West Territories (1)

Forest Fire (Northwest Territories)

Nova Scotia (1)

Halifax Citadel (Halifax, Nova Scotia)

Ontario (3)

Bruce Nuclear Generating Station - one of the largest in the world (7,276MW gross) more info (Tiverton, Ontario)

CN Tower and Skydome - more info (Toronto, Ontario)

Canadian Parliament Buildings (Ottawa, Ontario)

Pickering Nuclear Generating Station - one of the largest in the world (4,336MW gross) more info (Pickering, Ontario)

Quebec (8)

Circiut Gilles Villeneuve - F1 racetrack. more info (Motreal, Quebec)

Cirque du Soleil - more info (Montreal, Quebec)

Citadel of Quebec - more info (Quebec City, Quebec)

Manicouagan Impact Crater - more info (Quebec)

Montmorency Falls - more info (Quebec, Canada)

Olympic Stadium - more info (Montreal, Quebec)

Olympic Tower - more info (Montreal, Quebec)

Plains of Abraham - more info (Quebec City, Quebec)

Cuba (2)

Guantanamo Bay - more info (in Guantanamo Cuba )

Havana, Cuba (in Havana Cuba)

Guatemala (2)

Burning sugar cane field (in Esquintla Guatemala)

Four active volcanoes - L-R, Fuego, Acatenango, Agua, Pacaya (near Guatemala City Guatemala)

Mexico (1)

Mexico City (in Mexico City Mexico)

Venezuela (1)

Salt evaporation ponds? (in Venezuela)

Credits (amongst MANY others):

perljam.net

Google Sightseeing

Google Maps Mania

Thanks to the following blogs for linking to this post and sending me traffic:

Les Jones

Anal Philosopher

Tokerud

From Space...

2005-04-20T15:27:00.000-04:00

Here are a few interesting things that you can see from space, courtesy of Google Maps. A bigger list will follow shortly.

Dave

Luecke (more info)

Google Maps

2005-04-05T09:45:00.000-04:00

CHECK THIS SHIT OUT!

Google's foray into maps puts MapQuest and others to shame!

Those of you who are paranoid of Big Brother take note, if images of this quality are freely avaiable on the internet to everyone, one can safely assume that this is the worst quality available and that they ARE watching YOU, especially when taking into account that the CIA helped fund the satellite mapping technology. (Yahoo!)

Edit: For those of you who are interested in satellite imaging, check out the NASA World Winds project. (04/05/05 - 11:07 A.M.)

Queen's Football Player, Justin Schwieg, Murdered

2005-03-25T09:57:00.000-05:00

My thoughts and prayers are with Justin's family and friends, especially my good buddy CT who was his roommate and JH who was his floormate years ago in residence. Oil Thigh!

(TSN, Kingston Whig-Standard)