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Thanks to joatmon I've been playing with Google Earth and I thought it would be fun if people posted kmz files of landmarks they have found.Here's one to kick things off:

Attached files MountKilimanjaro.kmz (436 B) 

go to Bagdad and there are some spots that are on fire!!

Well you got me to go to Baghdad, but I didn't see any flames.

Here's another

Attached files PyramidsEgypt.kmz (440 B) 

and another...

Attached files WorldTradeCenter.kmz (439 B) 

...one more

Attached files MtStHelenWA.kmz (436 B) 

Hollywood sign

Attached files HollywoodSign.kmz (442 B) 

Area 51

Attached files area51.kmz (436 B) 

Eiffel Tower

Attached files eiffel.kmz (486 B) 

USS Saipan

Attached files saipan.kmz (549 B) 

Mr. Rushmore ....no faces Looked at the Arch in St. Louis and they have it as a building.

Attached files mt.rushmore.kmz (433 B) 

Queen MaryLong Beach, CA

Attached files QueenMary.kmz (425 B) 

Quote, originally posted by Mase »Area 51Looks like Area 51 was whitewashed...probably for legal reasons.Good find EDIT: According to a June 1997 POPULAR MECHANICS article, Area 51 was closed and moved to White Sands Utah, called Area 6413, but I cannot find it (unless this is it?).

Attached files UnsureArea6413.kmz (442 B) 

Quote, originally posted by sloth »...Looked at the Arch in St. Louis and they have it as a building...Don't trust the search...here it is.

Attached files ArchStLouis.kmz (441 B) 

They still show it as a building when you zoom-in and look at it from the side.But it does have the arches shadow there.

in the keyhole markup language, solids are defined as a shaped base and a height, it doesn't support infintitely variable height objects such as the arch. Footprint x height gives a boxy shape

Niagara Falls

Attached files NiagaraFalls.kmz (429 B) 

The Hallow Grounds

Attached files hallowgrounds.kmz (444 B) 

Quote, originally posted by sloth »Well you got me to go to Baghdad, but I didn't see any flames.black smoke plumesMt. Mckinley Tallest Mountain in USA

Attached files mtMcKinley.kmz (435 B) 

Entrance to N.O.R.A.D. aka Cheyenne Mtn. Colorado

Attached files NORAD.kmz (425 B) 

Garden of the Gods, CO

Attached files gardenofgods.kmz (448 B) 

Michael Jackson's 'Neverland Ranch'

Attached files neverlandranch.kmz (446 B) 

where vibes are made

Attached files nummi.kmz (562 B) 

concorde parked at JFK(concorde is one of my lifelong true loves)

Attached files concorde.kmz (435 B) 

Has anyone looked @ Area 51? That thing is friggin HUGE. I was looking at my High School, my house, my parent's house, my work place, and all kinds of fun stuff. Google earth is pretty bad (removed)!

My high school:

Attached files myhighschool.kmz (454 B) 

well this blows, you guys get to see all kinds of cool crap and i get nothing!

Experian. Used to work there as a security guard before I came in the Navy.

Attached files experian.kmz (442 B) 

Where I work now!

Attached files nasniaimd.kmz (440 B) 

This is where I went to elementary school. K-12 in 1 bldg!

Attached files seilingschool.kmz (444 B) 

Where I lived from K-7 grade.

Attached files mom'shouse.kmz (447 B) 

Quote, originally posted by silver_vibe »U.S./Mexico Border crossing (So. Cal.)...look at the line of cars!This is the busiest U.S./Mexico border (according to The U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency). It averages over 7,000 vehicles daily. Yeah, I saw that yesterday. I was like "Woah!" I hate that line.

How do you get the KMZ files? And where are you hosting them?

Quote, originally posted by Mr. Poopypants »How do you get the KMZ files? And where are you hosting them?When in Google Earth, first find what you're looking for and center it. Then create a placemark (thumbtack icon on the bottom right). Right click the newly created placemark and Save it to your local drive. When you post, attach the kmz file.

Pyramids and Sphinx of Giza! Took me a lot of research and hunting, but I found them!

Attached files pyramidsandsphinx.kmz (448 B) 

AHA Gotcha!

Here are several U.S./Mexico Border crossingsSan Ysidro,CA Border...look at the line of cars! This is the busiest U.S./Mexico border (according to The U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency). It averages over 7,000 vehicles daily. El Paso, Texas Border...This is the busiest border crossing for commerce.Calexico, Nogales, and Otay Mesa I looked up just for the heck of it.Sasabe, AZ desert...This is where the most number of illegal aliens enter the U.S., 2000 illegals walk across this desert daily. It takes them about 3 days to walk across the desert. You can't see much in Google Earth in this desert because it's too low res.

Attached files borders.zip (3.4 KB) 

Quote, originally posted by damronjr »Pyramids and Sphinx of Giza! Took me a lot of research and hunting, but I found them!You should have just used the kmz I posted near the start of this thread.

OOPS, I posted a few and realized, they are not in the correct thread.

Oh, and the Capitol Building is blurred out and a few buildings (including the White House) have the tops blanked out.

Quote, originally posted by jeffgtx »concorde parked at JFK(concorde is one of my lifelong true loves)Speaking of JFK, this looks like a little oops on the end of the runway, are those emergency vehicles around that plane?

Attached files OOPS.kmz (435 B) 

Quote, originally posted by silver_vibe »You should have just used the kmz I posted near the start of this thread. I know, I was just looking for the Sphinx and didn't realize it was right there with the pyramids! Took me an hour to find that thing too!

Alcatraz. That place is cool!

Attached files alcatraz.kmz (348 B) 

Suprised no body commented on my Hallow Ground post.

Lol, what is this?

Attached files (removed).kmz (500 B) 

eathquakes in the last weekhttp://earthquake.usgs.gov/rec...5.kmlfrom http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsww/ ... arthquakes are colored by age (red = past hour, orange = past day, yellow = past week) and sized by magnitude.

Quote, originally posted by rasermon »Lol, what is this? its the aliens. they're here!

Quote, originally posted by rasermon »Lol, what is this? I don't know, weird. It isn't on level ground either, you would think if something was on sloped ground it would be able to be make so perfect.......

I almost wonder if it's some kind of easter egg photochopped in. I tried going over to terraserver and finding it but all I could find was a topo map, no sattelite photo.EDIT: I just found this link that talks about this. http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/.../3129/ Several comments underneath the little story.

Bomb testing area just West of Area 51. Can anyone see Uncle Eddie's house?

Attached files bombtesting.kmz (452 B)