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Biarticulated Bus crossing the wall in Curitiba city
by Bruno 902 on Jan.30, 2024, under 3D Models, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, California, Denmark, England, Germany, Google Earth News, Google Earth Tips, Google Sky, Google maps, Hawaii, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, Natural Landmarks, Netherlands, Sightseeing, Street Views, USA
Link The reason why this bus is “crossed” on the wall is quite simple. In this place, is located the ‘Memorial of Transport Safety in Brazil’. This museum tells the history and evolution of public transport in Brazil and the state of Paraná, and among other things involving buses, transport and many other curiosities
Revisiting the UTA Flight 772 memorial in Google Earth
by Mickey Mellen on Nov.05, 2013, under 3D Models, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, California, Denmark, England, Germany, Google Earth News, Google Earth Tips, Google Sky, Google maps, Hawaii, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, Natural Landmarks, Netherlands, Sightseeing, Street Views, USA
Frank first told you about the amazing memorial to Flight 772 in the desert of Niger more than four years ago, but it’s been making the news again so I thought it’d be worth taking another look at it.
First, and perhaps most importantly, the photos going around online are completely real! The memorial is stunning and enormous, and can easily be seen from Google Earth.
Flight 772 was scheduled to travel from Brazzaville in the Republic of Congo to Paris back in 1989, but a Libyan bomb took out the plane and killed all aboard. Eighteen years later, some of the families of the 170 people on board went out and created the memorial.
The memorial is more than 200 feet in diameter, with stone and mirrors that were trucked in from 70km away. You can see it for yourself in Google Earth by loading this KMZ file.
In his original story, Frank referenced readers over to an excellent summary of the crash and memorial over on Google Sightseeing. In addition, this recent story on ViralNova gives additional detail about it, including many ground-level shots of the memorial and its construction.
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