Africa
Flying Over Africa with National Geographic
Sunday, September 7th, 2008I recently learned about Google Earth’s National Geographic layers, and set off on highly detailed exploration of Africa.
The small red airplanes represent photos and commentary by photographer, Mike Fay. The yellow rectangles show areas which have been written about in National Geographic. Here’s one of Mike’s flyover pictures of a typical African village:
Here are a [...]
Murzuq, Former ‘Paris of the Desert’
Saturday, July 5th, 2008When I was young, I used to spin the globe and stop it with the end of my finger. Wherever I put my finger was where I was supposed to go when I grew up. I tried this little trick with the globe in Google Earth, and found myself in Murzuk, a small town in [...]
Mark Ramsay, globetrotting from an armchair in England.
Nick Ramsay, exploring the world from a zabuton in Japan.