Made of trees

Jan 16, 2024 21:00:40 GMT willi1 said:

For planes from Poland to the North Pole

50.247036° 19.417234°

Wow, just next to the JPII sign... Thanks for the great addition willi1 !

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Moai Tree

36.211445° -5.848964°

Feb 5, 2024 21:16:14 GMT willi1 said:

Moai Tree

Nice catch!

As by your "spider" spotting from France I was pretty sure it is not intentionally plantated, but aligns to natural geomorphology with lucky coincidental growths, and... was I right?!

Checking GE layers it turns out that this is a known structure called as Geoglifo Barbate or Faraón de Barbate, and is still debated that it is a bronze-age structure or it has nothing to do with historical human activity...

Description on wikimapia:

Casual drawing of a face, formed in recent decades by trees

These lines of trees do not form a geoglyph (which are figures built on the slopes of hills or in plains, using the technique of adding stones). His "discoverer" (reviewing these same satellite photos) was Georgeos Díaz-Montexano, an uneducated pseudoscientist. Clearly these lines of trees did not want to imitate the head of Pharaoh Akhenaten (Amenhotep IV). On the Internet this line of trees is known as "the hoax of the Pharaoh of Barbate."

and the comment by Senor Díaz-Montexano:

Dear Mr. Anonymous...

I'm sorry, but you don't really know what you're talking about. I carried out an "in situ" expedition with a qualified geologist, the report could be published and delivered to SEPRONA. And I myself have published high resolution and good quality photos taken "in situ" (they are in my PANORAMIO space), where you can see how all those trees that now allow us to better appreciate the shape, have grown right on top of artificial mounds ( mounds) or cursus, as they are often called in archaeological literature. All the mounds are built with piles of earth and stones of various types, some brought from places even a little further away, everything is erected in an uninterrupted manner, forming that strange anthropomorphic figure. According to the geologist, the trees that have grown on top, and all the varied scrub, have been precisely due to the "quarry" effect that these enormous mounds produce, retaining moisture and at the same time offering soil with less resistance for the development of the roots. of the trees. Among the mounds, and above them, material from the Bronze Age appears, especially remains of some circular constructions that could be some kind of foundations for cabins, or plinths for wells, etc. I repeat, the most recent material that can be seen among the remains of the filling material is from the Bronze Age. Nothing Roman or Arab. You can see the photos and drawings on Panoramio, search for Barbate, and you will see all the photos above in this same area.

Best regards, Georges

source: wikimapia.org (GTranslation)


In GEC layer one can find the same info (By: GEOCADIZ Date: 2007-02-04)

The geoglyph of Cádiz appears to be from the Bronze Age, so it could then be the oldest in the world. Recently a team of researchers and scientists went to the scene. Once “in situ” it was possible to verify that the drawings are made with the groove technique in some points, almost entirely covered by mounds of piled stones and earth above them. While the green color seen in the aerial photos, above the lines that make up the drawing, is due to extensive varied vegetation that has grown just above the mounds. The technique used is more or less the same as that used in the great geoglyphs of the world such as the famous “the Great Serpent Mound in Ohio, USA. In the opinion of the geologist and Geotechnical specialist, Daniel Paniagua, << ...it is undoubtedly a work carried out by man, since nature cannot create and order a series of mounds of stones and earth in a continuous and uninterrupted manner. also forming such a complex figure... >>.

Now whether it is a Pharaoh or just a natural growth, it also looks like a great Moai head made up of trees so here we go with a new placemark: "Willi's Moai" ( ;

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An M or a squiggle

40.210253° 16.724194°

They planted a seahorse there

50.965864° 14.726646°

Feb 20, 2024 20:55:31 GMT willi1 said:

They planted a seahorse there

50.965864° 14.726646°

Again I think this is a natural hollow, unsuitable for agricultural cultivation, covered with naturally settled plants. The shadows by low sun angle make the seahorse shape the most apparent on your screenie.

Still it will worth a "Willi's seahorse" placemark in the collection after the next file update! ( ;

...
Oh, and the previous "M" for Marinagri Hotel & Spa ... ( ;

Many thanks for your great additions!

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Victory?

50.900489° -0.083823°

May 1, 2024 20:10:33 GMT willi1 said:

Victory?

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Almost.. - it "was planted for Queen Victoria's Royal Golden Jubilee.. in 1897." / source: sussexlive.co.uk 

Follow link for great photos and detailed informations about the site!

Much thanks for this "V" as Valuable contribution! ( :

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Placemark default view set to GE BlueDot aerial photo by Chris Pearson

Nr.94.

Artistic plantations around an ancient pyramidal mound from China


---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------->>34.381892, 109.253910<<
Tomb of Emperor Qin Ershi
Qin dynasty mausoleum / Tomb of First Emperor in Lintong
This is the largest Chinese burial mound. The original height was 76 metres, the present height is 47 metres. It was built during the short-lived imperial Qin dynasty (221–206 BCE).
source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_pyramids

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Placemarks for 60+ pyramidal mound sites available. - 
 - Check kmz file attached to this posting:
googleearthcommunity.proboards.com/thread/3949/mounds-earth

2 more interesting (yet unsolved) plantations from Russia:

No.95.:
Unreadable, still it looks like as if were some (cyrillic?) text. - Ideas welcome!

>>54.76889, 89.93604<<

No.96.:
Some kind of a symbol(?) nearby. - Anyone with a guess?

>>54.78080, 89.93603<<


And another chinese characters plantation site from China:

No.97.:
Three characters in the SW, NW and NE sections of the plot. - Anyone with a solving?

>>39.27942, 115.61895<<

Thanks!

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No.98.

Giant forest eye will inspire youngsters to address climate change, say artists.
The artwork, featuring 5,000 beech, maple and alder trees, is being planted in Dalby Forest, North Yorkshire.
Dave Higgens / Tuesday 08 February 2022 15:46 GMT


Members of Forestry England, arts organisation Sand In Your Eye, the Environment Agency and local school children start the process of planting
5,000 beech, maple and alder trees in the shape of a child’s eye to create a 300-metre-wide forest eye in the heart of Dalby Forest in Low Dalby,
Thornton-Le-Dale, Pickering, North Yorkshire - (Danny Lawson/PA) (PA Wire)

The installation will be visible on Google Earth when it is grown in about six years’ time, and it should be in place for more than 100 years.

Alan Eaves from Forestry England said the eye comprises a mixture of trees selected to be climate resilient in the years to come.

source: independent.co.uk

source2: forestryengland.uk - with detailed informations and GDrive gallery.

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New growth still not strong enough on 2022 and 2023 GE imagery, but faint contours of the eye just visible.
Hardly can wait for the next imagery update of the area...! ( ;


GMaps link to 2023 imagery at >>54.2783745, -0.6733482<<

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Created to celebrate the 850th anniversary of Munich (Germany).

Attachments:

850 Mnchen.kmz (683 B)

Nr.99.

Aug 11, 2024 19:42:11 GMT willi1 said:

Created to celebrate the 850th anniversary of Munich (Germany).

Thanks for this nice contribution as the 99th piece of the collection!

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For jubilee Nr.100. here we go with an oldie but goodie:

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Complex triangular pattern East of Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, South of Cambridge, Maryland, USA.
Inner spaces can be filled with water (check time slider) so maybe it is some kind of a fishing/hunting/recreational/wildlife...(?) facility. - Any trustable infos welcome!


>>38.45458, -75.97338<<

1st spotting credit: Joe_Gottschall (oGEC-2006)

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Nr.101

Circular forest park with 8 pathways leading to an old, solitary oak tree "De Eenzame Eik" in the centre.



>>52.00556, 5.48762<<

Netherlands - Utrecht
Utrechtse Heuvelrug
Amerongen

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Nr.102. - BISMARCK (ND, USA)

>>46.81560, -100.72276<<

"Planted in July 1972, the Bismarck Centennial Forest was erected to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the city."

source: Instagram @nearmap

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Nr.103. - Herzapfelhof (Germany)

>>53.52646, 9.69665<<

"Apple-shaped farm outside of Hamburg, Germany. Herzapfelhof was planted with 250 old-varieties of apples.
You can pick your own and enjoy the crisp weather of Altes Land, the largest contiguous apple-growing region in Europe." / George Steinmetz

source: Instagram @geosteinmetz

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Nr.104. - "Seven corner round forest" (Romania)

>>44.35019, 26.04891<<

Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering - The round forest presumably was planted for protection zone purposes. (?)

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ПETP is a Russian first name meaning Peter. Found in Krasnoyarsk.

Attachments:

Krasnojarsk.kmz (685 B)

Nr.105.

Nov 11, 2024 20:47:24 GMT willi1 said:

ПETP is a Russian first name meaning Peter. Found in Krasnoyarsk.

Also there are some stuff in GE layers - Places / Photos - and this is an apple garden. Russian brother of Nr.103. from Germany... ( :

Great spotting, thanks for the very nice contribution again!

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A Minnesota-shaped forest

Attachments:

Minnesotaforest.kmz (701 B)

Nr.106.

Nov 26, 2024 20:52:57 GMT willi1 said:

A Minnesota-shaped forest

More precisely "The 2nd Minnesota-shaped forest"

Great addition to the collection, just as it was by your 1st Minnesota-shaped forest bro!  ( ;

Thanks for excellent contribution again! 

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