Breaking the earth at the south pole

I found that the google earth becomes extremely broken at both the north and south poles. I decided to explore the south pole, but both poles should have the same behavior I used flight simulator, street view, and a finally a custom placemark to get me into the south pole.
It is extremely laggy near the poles; the FPS drops to maybe 3 or 4. I assume that this is because many tiles are being compressed and all displayed in this one spot.
At the exact north pole, the altitude drops to 0, and depending on what angle you look down, many interesting patterns can be generated.


Approaching the south pole



A few meters from the south pole


On top of the north pole, looking at 10 degrees off level


0 altitude at the south pole looking flat to the horizon

Below: Looking down into the north pole from above at various small distances from the exact pole




Check out the madness:

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