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Courtesy Of Google Earth, the World's Bridges On Acid

Posted by Michael_Byrne on Tuesday, Mar 15, 2011

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Turns out one of the biggest problems with life on Google’s Earth is bridges. The 3D rendering software just doesn’t get it, treating them instead as flat rubber bands that distort and bend or just disappear when roadway meets quick elevation change. A fomer architect living in Brooklyn, Clement Valla, has collected some of the finer images into his “Postcards from Google Earth” series.




Nice. Find the whole warped reality here.

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