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Sent: Wednesday, 28 December, 2005
00:10 AM
Subject: Zoom from my house to 38 miles
above the earth
This doesn't have a lot to do with looping,
except that I integrated part of my Y2K5 performance with this video, and it
could make some of us loopers feel more connected and informed on our
whereabouts, but I discovered Google Earth and I think it is absolutely mind
blowing.
It is a video (with loop music over
it) that I created using Google Earth. It starts at about 100 feet
above my house in Boise, Idaho, USA, and zooms out to about 38 miles outside
the planet Earth, using sattelite imagery. I could have zoomed in
instead of out, but I had a more difficult time controlling the speed, and
it was jumping between altitudes (probably because it was merging separate
satteline feeds). But you'll at least get a feel of where I am on the planet
Earth, down to the top of my roof, driveway, yard, and
everything. The exact location of the center and top of my roof
is 43 Degrees 37' 52.80" N by 116 Degrees 13' 03.98" W, OR 43 37.528' N, 116
13.03' W if you were to copy this location into the Google Earth search
box.
More info on Google Earth...
Kris