Favorite Google Map Finds

Most of these I found before there were high resolution maps.
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World

A fun look at a search on "University"
-- little different search for location:colleges and universities
Not my find but Funny Street view
Economic Meltdown: In this corner bankers, ceo's, loan officers, realtors, appraisers. In the other corner? ...

Americas

=== Clear Cuts and Environment ===
Redwoods Tall Trees Grove, CA
160 Mile clearcut in Amazon. (Rio Madeira)
--- A mill town in that clearcut. (Rio Madeira)
--- NASA Rondonia Deforestation (Rio Madeira)
Clear cuts in the Pacific Northwest - Oregon
Clear cuts Vs. Mt. St. Helens - Washington
Clear Cuts in BC near Prince George
Athabasca Oil Sands Pit, Canada
Prudhoe Bay Oil Fields, AK. To the east (where the ground is not broken) is ANWR
Butte, MT (check out the berkley Pit)
Red bloches in Ocean south of LA? (In an earlier pic the underwater flora was Orange)
Rainbow Bridge, AZ/UT (Note the low water follow canyon south for bridge)
=== Other ===
Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR
Devils Tower, WY
Mt. Rushmore, SD
Flatirons Boulder, CO
Burning man, CA
Denver Quest Builiding, CO (optical illusion?)
Redrocks Golden, CO
NORAD, CO
Teotihuacan, MX
Machu Picchu

Australia

Allice Springs AU
Uluru, AU (Ayers Rock)

Europe

Buckingham Palace
Colosseum Rome
Eiffel Tower
Greek Acropolis
St. Peters Rome

Asia / Africa / Mid East

Great Wall North End
Shenzhen
Mt. Everest
Taj Mahal India
Gorilla Sanctuary (Brighter Green)
Giza Pyramids
Step pyramid of Doser
Mecca
Baghdad