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Agosto 20, 2006
Firefox Crop Circle in Google Earth
[UPDATE 24-Nov-2006: Google has added an aerial photo of the site to the built-in imagery so you can see the logo was really there. Here is the actual location 
. I also moved the image overlay below to the correct location. The image overlay is higher resolution as it was taken from a plane.]
A bunch of Firefox devotees set out to generate more PR for Firefox. They decided to make a huge accurate Firefox logo in a crop field (designs like these are called "crop circles" - see the "official" Google Earth crop circle collection). This was a big project involving a lot of planning, building the crop stompers (to lay down the vegetation), GPSes, walkie-talkies, a plane and a helicopter (for the aerial photos). I took one of their high-resolution aerial photos and have overlayed the photo of the Firefox Crop Circle in Google Earth . This is only an approximate location, as I wasn't able to find the coordinates for the field.
Learn more about how they made the Firefox Crop Circle here. More on the making of the Firefox Crop Circle (including a video).
Enviado por FrankTaylor at Agosto 20, 2006 11:22 AM
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Enviado por: Million Dolar at Agosto 23, 2006 03:24 PM
I'm pretty sure these are the coordinates:
45°7'26"N 123°6'48"W
I have it tagged in Wikimapia.
Enviado por: Kyle Bennett at Septiembre 24, 2006 11:50 AM
Look south of the circle and you can see people lying on their backs in the field!
Enviado por: Michael at Diciembre 8, 2006 09:05 AM
And what about the vehicles near the people? They form an F and an X. Am I right?
Enviado por: blg at Enero 17, 2007 01:00 PM
The F actually consists of a plane!
Enviado por: magnox at Marzo 3, 2007 08:43 AM
Funny, this happens to be right next to my parents place.
Enviado por: Rich at Junio 17, 2007 01:30 AM
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Firefox Crop Circle? :) And now we have to look for this image http://www.milliondollarhosting.net/upload/30735_footer.jpg in Nostradamus's prophesies? :)