Satellite Photos Online

Both the USGS and Google have put satellite photos of the US online, for free. They are so fascinating. You can waste a whole day looking up places you use to live and work. Or finding landmarks. Here are some interesting places I found. In general, the USGC photos are sharper, closer, and more detailed. They are also black and white. The Google photos are usually color, and not as high resolution.

For world-wide satellite photos, go to TerraServer. But they don't let you zoom in very far without a paid subscription.

• The US Naval Observatory in Washington DC, which is the official capital residence of Vice President Dick Cheney. Notice that Google's mapping service have this place blurred out.
• Top Secret Area 51 in Nevada, where the US military tests out their latest weapons. What is this? Or this?
• US Navy Base at Gitmo in Cuba.
• Mom's house. I can see my blue Dodge pickup truck in the driveway!
• World Trade Center after 9/11. You can see the hole in the ground. Sad.
• Hoover Dam, Mount Rushmore, Niagara Falls, Grand Canyon North Rim
• Boeing 747 plant at Everett, Washington. That is the largest building on the planet.
• Trinity - Site of the world's first nuclear bomb detonation.
• Playboy Mansion West