Lake District Peaks in Google Earth
Posted 8th July 2008 at 8:50am by M1ke, tagged as Places | Commenting Closed
I stumbled upon a handy site last night that contained a KML file (Google Earth's data format) containing 214 Lake District Peaks marked out in Google Earth. Unfortunately the titles and descriptions were the wrong way round for regular browsing, and a number of the titles were spelt incorrectly or wrongly capitalised. Luckily KML files are just a type of XML, so can be opened and edited using Notepad. After a bit of work the file looks much nicer and is far more useful for panning around looking at the peaks.
Download the Lake District Peaks KML file.
Incidentally if you are browsing round the Lake District in Google Earth, make sure to check out the amazing Gigapan layer, which contains brilliant 3d panoramas that can be zoomed in to very high resolutions.
Car Henge
Posted 20th April 2008 at 4:43pm by M1ke, tagged as Places | Commenting Closed
Once again something which could only be found in America - Stonehenge rebuilt using old cars. I saw the words in a sticker in a random Flickr photo and decided to search for it. There are plenty of results, showing the rather impressive sight. I chose this photo because it seemed down to earth and showed the sight well - there are some cool perspective and HDR shots too if you follow that link.
As with absolutely everything this automotive construction has a Wikipedia article which details that it is located near Alliance, Nebraska, was built by Jim Reinders and was dedicated during the summer solstice, 1987.
The actual purpose of Stonehenge is still up for debate, though it is suspected to have largely astrological significance as the sun shines through different arches at important points throughout the year. Car Henge seems to be more for tourists these days, as a visitor centre was constructed in 2006. I don't blame them, as its certainly something worth seeing and far more impressive than any old ball of twine.