"The message, which translates as "Lenin is 100", was cut into a forest in a remote region of Siberia. Each letter is around 80 metres high, and the entire message stretches for 600 metres.
It was created by Russian woodcutters in 1970 to mark the centenary of the Communist leader's birth, according to EnglishRussia, the blog which spotted the image.
Despite the passing of 38 years it has kept its coherent shape, and is now clearly visible on Google Maps and Earth, the internet giant's satellite mapping services. ...."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/2687455/Huge-tribute-to-Lenin-visible-on-Google-Earth.html
The image: http://maps.google.com/maps?t=h&hl=ru&ie=UTF8&ll=54.468142,64.79923&spn=0.007021,0.022745&z=16
via EnglishRussia Blog, NEWSsru.com etc. |
[moved from "Google found Lenin"]
I just found this on internet http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=pl&msa=0&t=h&ll=54.46808,64.797986&spn=0.006909,0.019312&z=16
Who did this? |
Funny. It says Lenin is 100 years old.
"Ленину (To Lenin) 100 лет (100 years)" |
May be http://googlesightseeing.com/ is interested in this |