google earth

[leelastarsky]

Does anybody else find themselves wasting (?) hours looking at the planet through google maps?  I think it might be my new obsession.  I can't help myself.  A mention of a place I don't know and I'm google-mapping it and, before I know it, have distracted myself for a long time.  Usually time I can't afford.  ;~P

But I can't express how enamoured I am of this planet, and how pretty it is.  The colours and shapes... I can look at them forever!

I was reading a news article this morning in which there was a reference to Lake Titicaca, and I realised, despite knowing the name really well, I had no idea where it was or what it looked like.  Enter google maps.  And, as per my usual style, I looked around a bit and found this pretty place -


...and ending up spending an hour trying to find the name of this body of water.  The best I can do is tell you that it's in Bolivia, south of Lake Titicaca, and west of Lake Poopo`.   Why doesn't google maps label water?  I've had this problem looking up rivers too.  Bad googlemaps!

But isn't it pretty?!

Comments

[shocolate.livejournal.com]

I would have Googlemaps' babies.

[leelastarsky.livejournal.com]

Me too! I love it to death!! Good to know I'm not the only one crazily obsessed. XD

[shocolate.livejournal.com]

just alternating between my house and yours and making it zoom out and in again.

Zooming down on the Eiffel Tower.

Trying to work out which Maldive I stayed on!

[leelastarsky.livejournal.com]

Hahaha! My house looks way different now. They haven't updated our satellite pic since 2005 I'd estimate.

I was looking at the Islands I honeymooned on back in '85 a couple of nights ago! XD You can zoom in on Dunk Island, but Bedarra is still a blur. ;~P