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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