Showing posts with label Aerial photo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Aerial photo. Show all posts

Tuesday, 6 January 2026

Well, mark me down as "Impressed"

Another aerial view, I thought. Probably some American Mid-west city, I assumed.

But, I let Google's AI have a look at the image and 

"This aerial photograph captures a view of Aalborg, Denmark, likely taken from the Aalborg Tower, which opened in 1933. 

The image appears to be a vintage postcard, as suggested by the search results.

The prominent area in the foreground with many trees and structured plots is a cemetery, likely the Almen Kirkegård.

The body of water visible in the middle ground is the Limfjord, which separates the northern part of Jutland from the rest of the peninsula.

The city of Aalborg is a major industrial and cultural centre in the region of North Jutland, Denmark."

And, looking at the map....yeah. Seems very likely.  And the Aalborgtårnet observation tower is VERY cool.

 Bonus "Stop sending butt plugs to Bahrain"

Wednesday, 21 August 2024

I'm Leaving on a jet plane ...

 

... though probably just tomorrow.

Same Bat-Time,

Same Bat-Channel.

Bonus - The Rectangular Cows: Geometric Livestock Depicted in 19th-Century British Paintings

Tuesday, 3 October 2023

Flight over Barsetshire

 

One of the least known of the English Counties, on account of the residents' unintelligible accents, Barsetshire is seen in its glory in this shot.

In the foreground, the area known as The Gruts.

In the middle ground, Barset and the plum tree mines (supplying plums to the Bishop of Lincoln).

In the horizon, the hills of the "Humble Alps".

Bonus - The last remain parts of a dodo. 



Friday, 1 July 2022

The view from Above

 

I wish I knew more about geography / geology so that I could figure out where this slide is of.

Alas, I am ignorant.

Bonus - Best Ever Location for a Pizza Party.


Monday, 5 October 2020

Thou Shalt Not Encroach on the Church

 

Nice aerial shot, but obviously I have no idea where it is. However,

a. It has a Marriot hotel.

b.The church will not be bullied off its land.

Bonus - 2020 Coronavirus Summary


Monday, 18 June 2018

Aerial View of ... the Golf Course


I've always like aerial photography.

It's a bit commonplace nowadays, thanks to dronage, but this hot will date from the days of pointing a camera out of a aeroplane window or door.

Bonus - Top Tip - don't park too close to buildings

Bonus 2 - Clever

Tuesday, 27 September 2016

Hello Dullsville



I am the Eye in The Sky...as the Alan Parsons Project sang...

But what a dull featureless crap-hole we're looking at.


Bonus - KIDS TRY DARK CHOCOLATE FOR THE FIRST TIME

Tuesday, 26 May 2015

Leaving. On A Jet Plane


Don't know when I'll be back again.

I selected this as a Tedious Tuesday slide, but in prepping it for the blog...turns out I like it.

That's life.

Bonus -
Do not harass your waitress.

Wednesday, 2 April 2014

Coming In To Land


Don't know where
Don't know when.

Don't even know what sort of aeroplane.

But i like it.

Bonus -

Tuesday, 11 June 2013

The Nadir Of Tedium

Or do I mean zenith.     or apogee ?


Anyhow, this isn't the aftermath of a tornado... this is a genuine mid-west American town.  Not an aerial view of Hiroshima...it's meant to look like this.


Bonus - An Entire Amusement Park Crushed Into 4-Meter Cube

Tuesday, 2 April 2013

View From Above


Top Tip - Pictures taken out the window of a plane are very rarely equal to your memory. That awesome cloudscape ends up being rather "meh!"

Bonus - Koit's done a song about "Magical Piss".   (Maybe NSFK)


Tuesday, 11 December 2012

Viewed From Above


Who would have thought that an aerial view of a rocky, wintry shore line could be tedious....but it is.   By heck, it certainly is.

Bonus - Distracted by a Home Server that appears to be dying. (Damn It!) so here's a quick hit.
Forget Schroedinger's Cat, try Nietzsche Cats

Wednesday, 6 July 2011

You Can See My House From Here


Just to the left of the house with the purple Mercedes estate parked out frony.

Bon us - More Tsunami Footage. From inside a car...

Wednesday, 30 September 2009

Town Planning

From the time when all you need are straight edges and set squares.   Makes everywhere look like it was prototyped with SimCity.

Nowadays, suburb planning seems to demand all curves, and no straight lines.

Still, there must be a happy medium.

Best Cat Video Ever.  Trust Me

Friday, 4 September 2009

The Lonely Outpost

Now this intrigues me. No information at all for thi, but the other slides all look like the early sixties.

But hat is this?  Alaskan Oil Exploration camp? Siberian Loggers?  Canadian Seal Hunting base? Butlins' Brighton base?   I really dunno.