{"id":9623,"date":"2015-01-09T14:51:45","date_gmt":"2015-01-09T19:51:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=9623"},"modified":"2015-01-09T14:51:45","modified_gmt":"2015-01-09T19:51:45","slug":"oddities-on-google-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=9623","title":{"rendered":"Oddities on Google Earth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s an interesting collection of natural and man-made features as seen from space :\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.noupe.com\/inspiration\/photography\/40-bizarre-and-cool-google-earth-photos.html\" target=\"_d\">40 Bizarre and Cool Google Earth Photos &#8211; noupe<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/newstopics\/howaboutthat\/4588838\/Heart-shaped-island-highlighted-by-Google-Earth-becomes-hit-with-lovers.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9624\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=9624\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Galesnjak_1293710c.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"460,288\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;EuroPics[CEN]&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;A tiny heart-shaped island in the Adriatic has become a massive holiday hit for St Valentine&#039;s Day after being discovered by Google Earth. Even the uninhabited island&#039;s owner didn&#039;t realise how perfectly heart-shaped the island off the Croatian coast was until he was swamped with requests from lovers to stay there. \\&quot;It has been incredible. We think it is the most perfect heart-shaped island in the world. \\&quot;Nobody lives there so if lovers really do want to spend time alone it&#039;s the perfect desert island,\\&quot; said Vlado Juresko whose family owns the 130,000 square yard islet of Galesnjak, hastily redubbed more romantically Lovers&#039; Island. \\&quot;We always thought it looked a bit like a heart but since it&#039;s been on Google Earth everyone else has seen it too and the whole world seems to want to stay here,\\&quot; he added.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Lovers Island is all heart for Valentines&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Lovers Island is all heart for Valentines\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;A tiny heart-shaped island in the Adriatic has become a massive holiday hit for St Valentine&amp;#8217;s Day after being discovered by Google Earth. Even the uninhabited island&amp;#8217;s owner didn&amp;#8217;t realise how perfectly heart-shaped the island off the Croatian coast was until he was swamped with requests from lovers to stay there. &amp;#8220;It has been incredible. We think it is the most perfect heart-shaped island in the world. &amp;#8220;Nobody lives there so if lovers really do want to spend time alone it&amp;#8217;s the perfect desert island,&amp;#8221; said Vlado Juresko whose family owns the 130,000 square yard islet of Galesnjak, hastily redubbed more romantically Lovers&amp;#8217; Island. &amp;#8220;We always thought it looked a bit like a heart but since it&amp;#8217;s been on Google Earth everyone else has seen it too and the whole world seems to want to stay here,&amp;#8221; he added.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Galesnjak_1293710c.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9624\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Galesnjak_1293710c.jpg\" alt=\"Lovers Island is all heart for Valentines\" width=\"460\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Galesnjak_1293710c.jpg 460w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Galesnjak_1293710c-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/a>The isle of\u00a0Galesnjak off the coast of Croatia has a Valentines look about it.<br \/>\nPhoto: Google Earth\/EUROPICS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s an interesting collection of natural and man-made features as seen from space :\u00a040 Bizarre and Cool Google Earth Photos &#8211; noupe. The isle of\u00a0Galesnjak off the coast of Croatia has a Valentines look about it. Photo: Google Earth\/EUROPICS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27,36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-eyes-in-the-sky","category-multiple-media"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-2vd","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13599,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13599","url_meta":{"origin":9623,"position":0},"title":"Google Timelapse displays changes to any spot on earth over 32 years","author":"TopSpacer","date":"December 6, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"A few years ago, Google released\u00a0the\u00a0Timelapse Earth Engine\u00a0that used historical remote sensing imagery as seen with\u00a0Google Earth to show how parts of the earth had changed over time. 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