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August 22, 2011
High Resolution African Animals in Google Earth
Nearly six years ago, the "National Geographic Magazine" layer was added to Google Earth. While we haven't discussed it much lately, it remains one of the great gems inside of Google Earth. You can find it under the "Gallery" layer in Google Earth.
One of the best parts of that layer is the "Africa Megaflyover" photos that were captured by Michael Fay. Michael took over 92,000 photos while flying across parts of Africa, and hundreds of them are visible in Google Earth. The quality of the images is stunning, as shown here.
User "Reggie98" in the Google Earth Community built a great collection of placemarks
to highlight the African animals captured in these photos, and organized them by animal type. The original post is from 2005, but still does a great job of showing off the animals.
There is a lot of great stuff to explore in the National Geographic layer, so go check it out. Also, with nearly 1.3 million subscribers, the Google Earth Community continues to be a great way to meet other Google Earth users and find answers to your questions. If you haven't been out there in a while, we certainly suggest you check it out.
Posted by mickmel at August 22, 2011 6:56 AM
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Posted by: Playmobil African Wild Life at September 16, 2011 10:14 PM
Thank you for this post. Will be watching for more shots by Michael Fay.
Posted by: Majella at January 6, 2012 3:40 PM
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African animals are really unique and exotic. The shot of Michael fay was just stunning. It captured all the goodness of the place and same with the animal!