Title: Beautiful natural pattern Post by: Prokofiev on January 06, 2012, 11:30:08 AM A beautiful photo just published by the National Geographic website. I couldn't let it go without sharing it with you.
It is a delicate pattern of a river drainage in a desert. A classic fractal pattern, but this one is really awsome ! :surprised: (http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/your-shot/weekly-wrapper/2011/img/1211wallpaper-week-4-2_1600.jpg) The site doesn't say anything about the exact location. Enjoy ! Title: Re: Beautiful natural pattern Post by: DarkBeam on January 06, 2012, 04:06:47 PM :verysurprised: :worm: :verysurprised:
Title: Re: Beautiful natural pattern Post by: knighty on January 06, 2012, 04:30:16 PM Beautiful!
The site doesn't say anything about the exact location. Actually they do. (http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/your-shot/weekly-wrapper/2011/img/)(just select "December-week 4").It says "Desert of Baja California, Mexico.". I've attached a .kmz file of a location where you can see similar patterns. The google earth image I'm getting is quite old (2003) but I think the photo was taken not far away. Title: Re: Beautiful natural pattern Post by: Prokofiev on January 12, 2012, 11:21:55 AM Thanks, knighty.
What is a kmz file, by the way ? how do you read it ? Title: Re: Beautiful natural pattern Post by: knighty on January 12, 2012, 02:42:53 PM Google earth uses .kmz files for geographic related multimedia data exchange (see this wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyhole_Markup_Language)). If you don't have Google earth just download and install it. Then download the .zip file I've attached and just double-click the .kmz file it contains. :D |