Zen of Satellite Images

Lightstorm Entertainment Santa Monica Headquarter
Ever wondered where Avatar happened? This three-storey building in Santa Monica customized by Koning Eizenberg Architecture is James Cameron’s LA home base. Streetview is available so you can do a virtual tourist drive-by.

Lucasfilm Digital Arts in SF
Ever wondered where the new home of one of the larger divisions of Lucasfilm is? Well, the Letterman Digital Arts Center (official) or Lucasfilm SF (which many confuse with Skywalker Ranch in the hinterland of SF) is at The Presidio‎, Gorgas Ave, San Francisco, CA‎, USA - just across from the […]

Stonehenge
One of the oldest structures built by humans is Stonehenge in England. A circle of monolithic stones of gigantic dimensions, probalby arranged to measure or observe astronomic phenomenons.
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Britannia
Official site
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Address:
2 Miles West of Amesbury
Salisbury
SP4 7DE
UK

Fermilab 
Fermilab (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory) is one of the most important Particle physics facilities worldwide. Unlike the CERN facility in Meyrin, the partly subterranian collider structure can be seen clearly from the top here. Another interesting thing about Fermilab is the architectural striking Robert Rathbun Wilson Hall, the main entrance to the site.
Address:
Fermilab
Main Entrance Road
Batavia
Chicago
Illinois
USA

CERN
CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research (formerly: “Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire”, thus the name) is one of the top research facilites in the world. The Suisse campus located in Meyrin, Canton of Geneva, Switzerland, is the main and oldest site of what is today a network of sites, combining a number of […]

Burj Al Arab
Due to extensive Television coverage, the Dubai Burj Al Arab is one of the most prominent hotels in the world. As Wikipedia states it is “at 321 metres (1,053 ft), (..) the tallest building used exclusively as a hotel”.
Wikipedia page
Address:
Burj Al Arab
PO Box 74147
Dubai
United Arab Emirates

Burj Dubai
Although the satellite image does not yet show very much, the Burj Dubai will soon be the tallest building in the world, at an estimated height over 800 m (2,625 ft) and - as of May 2008 - while it is under construction it already is.
More information
Address:
Burj Dubai
Dubai
United Arab Emirates

Golden Gate Bridge
The Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, completed in 1937 was for a long time the longest suspension bridge in the world - spanning the Golden Gate, the opening of San Francisco’s Bay with 4,200 feet (1,280 m) on its longest span.
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The Golden Gate Bridge does not have a physical address, but its hard to miss.

Pixar’s headquarter in Emeryville, California
Everyone who knows Toy Story, The Incredibles, Monster Inc. or all the other instant classics knows Pixar, the California company that has produced landmark films in the 3D animated domain and a good share of the recent feel-good-laugh-out Entertainment output from Hollywood.
Address:
1200 Park Ave
Emeryville,
CA 94608
USA

Tokyo Disneyland Park
Nearly thirty years after the inital opening of a Disney Park in Anaheim USA, Tokyo Disneyland Park (DLT) in a suburb of Tokia, Japan opened its gates. As part of Disney’s global expansion strategy, it is one of currently three Magic Kingdom parks around the world. An interesting fact is that in Tokyo, […]