Virtual Bird's Eye » Outside US http://www.virtualbirdseye.com A virtual bird's eye view of the world - Mapping the News, Interesting Places, Current Events and Unique Attractions Thu, 27 May 2010 03:52:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 In Flight: Plane Over Germanyhttp://www.virtualbirdseye.com/2009/01/18/in-flight-plane-over-germany/ http://www.virtualbirdseye.com/2009/01/18/in-flight-plane-over-germany/#comments Mon, 19 Jan 2009 02:08:41 +0000 Virtual Bird's Eye http://www.virtualbirdseye.com/2009/01/18/in-flight-plane-over-germany/ image Thanks to Christian Klasen for sending this one!!┬á Very nice close up of a plane coming in for a landing over Essen/Germany to Airport Duesseldorf.┬á Crazy how close this plane appears in the image!

Make sure to check out our other ΓÇÿIn FlightΓÇÖ links on the site!

Click either image to view the plane using using Virtual Earth imagery.

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Gabon sits on the Equator in western Africa. Oil, timber, and manganese earn this thinly settled republic one of the highest per capita incomes in Africa. However, the income is largely based on oil money going to a fewΓÇömost live by subsistence farming. France gained control starting in 1839, and Libreville (Free Town), Gabon’s capital, got its name when French forces freed slaves there in 1849. With independence in 1960, it functioned mostly as a one-party state until 1991, when a new constitution brought multiparty democracy. In 2002 the country created 13 new national parksΓÇösome 11 percent of Gabon’s areaΓÇöto protect its forests and wildlife from logging. ΓÇô National Geographic

Click For Aerial View of Gabon filming locaiton

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Photo Credit and Location Information: Dan

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