Coming out of Taiwan each year, “Trip View Bowls” are popular works of art that show aerial artwork of a city, drawn onto the inside of a blue bowl. The artwork is quite impressive and amazingly detailed.

GEB reader Steven Ho, who we’ve shown you before for items such as his Mount Everest panorama, has built some very innovative Google Earth files to show off the 2011 bowl.
The first is a tour (KMZ


Here is a quick video of the tour if you aren’t able to access Google Earth right now:
The second is a huge 3D model of the earth sitting inside of the bowl (KMZ


Lastly is a very high-res look at the imagery on the inside of the bowl, viewable using the Google Earth photo viewer (KMZ


You can read more about it on Steven’s blog. Great work, Steven!
About Mickey Mellen
Mickey has been using Google Earth since it was released in 2005, and has created a variety of geo-related sites including Google Earth Hacks. He runs a web design firm in Marietta, GA, where he lives with his wife and two kids.