A fascinating piece came tumbling across our desk this morning, from the ever-curious 'englishrussia.com'. The article showcases the power of Google Earth but also the fading strength of a former power on that earth: Russia. Haunting images of abandoned and capsized military ships loom out of the waters of Murmansk.
Whilst many have expressed recent reticence about the power which Google is assuming (and their often questionable ethics) it must be admitted that Google Earth truly is a pair of 'Global Eyes'.
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Original article at EnglishRussia.com
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If you have Google Earth installed, you can click on this link and use the specially created Blather Placemarker to fly directly to Murmansk and dig around for yourself. If you don't have it installed then for the love of all that's holy go here and get the thing. You bloody luddite.
Hhaha, checking it on GE now, its clear they edited the ships out from that region, artifically made it look cleaner.
i scouted this location from the other side of the planet, and went out there a few weeks ago.
the shots aren't 'edited' to make it look cleaner - the place is constantly changing. it's an area called the graveyard of ships, or some such. they tow old boats there and slowly slice them up for recycling and sale as scrap. while i was there, only two boats were present (although there were what appeared to be unsalvageable carcasses further out in the river); during my stay, they were already getting busy cutting the front off one of them.
these are the two i saw, shot at midnight:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kox/2765528840/
Do you have coordinates to these photos? thanks!
Adam,
as best as I can gather, they've been removed from Google Earth.