Continuing the never-ending stream of “World’s largest…” we
present The World’s Largest Portrait, which adorns
the hills of
Erzincan in Turkey.
The massive http://www.google.com/search?q=7.5 square km in square miles
7.5 square km painting is of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustafa_Kemal_Atatürk Mustafa
Kemal Atatürk, the first president of Turkey until his death in
1938. Despite his passing some time ago, Atatürk’s face is still a
very popular image and is featured on banknotes, public buildings,
schools, and (in this case) mountains.
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The image was painted in 1982 by the order of the then-ruling
military junta and it took 3000 soldiers just under a month to
finish their handiwork.
Over the years the Turkish army have continued to write on the
country’s hills, more recently writing one of Ataturk’s favourite
sayings: “
Ne Mutlu Türküm Diyene!“.
With the second largest standing armed force in NATO (after the
much larger USA), perhaps the soldiers have spare time on their
hands?
Previously:
Portraits Paintings in Google Earth.
Thanks to http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showthreaded.php/Number/913629 ssaatci
and http://www.gearthhacks.com/dlfile26626/The-biggest-portrait-in-the-world.htm
baharbahar
Tags: , Largest, Portrait, world
Apparently officially recognised by the Guinness Book of World
Records, here in San Alfonso del Mar in Chile you can hardly
miss the world’s largest swimming pool!
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This absolutely immense pool is 1
kilometre long and covers eight hectares - that’s
80,000 square metres! Furthermore, it contains an
incredible 250,000 cubic metres of water.
And yes, it’s right beside the beach, and no more than a stone’s
throw… from the sea.
Thanks to Bene via http://www.nubricks.com/worlds-largest-swimming-pool.html nubricks.com
Tags: , Largest, Pool, Swimming, The, world
Here at GGSS we’ve previously
featured rooftop and field-based marriage proposals which, for
some unknown reason, are highly likely to feature misspellings or
bad grammar.
So we’re very pleased to see that the latest finding, the words
“
Marry Me Tammy” written in a field, do pass our strict
criteria for aerial-based marriage proposals. Congratulations!
However, some may call the suitor (a man named Brian) a cheater:
he enlisted outside help to create his proposal!
The giant writing was actually written by mapping specialists http://www.gismatters.com/products.html GISmatters for
the reality television program ‘Perfect Proposal’.
The 100-foot high letters, claimed to be the World’s Largest
Marriage Proposal, were revealed to Tammy from the window of an
aeroplane back in 2004.
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Thanks: Brian
Tags: , Largest, Marriage, proposal, world
I’m sorry to report that I don’t mean any old structure either…
nope, this is honestly claimed by the Chinese to be
The World’s Largest Phallus. At least I think this is
it - as you can see the satellite shot isn’t vey clear. To make up
however, here’s a http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2362087.html gratuitous
ground-level photo!
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The 9 metre erection (30 feet), is named
Sky Pillar, and has been built at the Longwan Shaman
Amusement Park in Changchun city, and apparently symbolizes the
“pursuit of happiness and prosperity”.
Which is pretty fitting really huh?
Thanks to http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/35056/ kjfitz, read
the http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2362087.html full story
at Ananova.
Tags: , Erection, Largest, world
It would seem that we have finally reached the absolute
pinnacle of our continuing quest to discover the latest
and greatest “World’s blankest blank“, as seen by
satellite!
Yes you lucky people, prepare yourselves for…
The World’s Largest Cow!
This is actually Salem Sue of New Salem, North Dakota,
who is http://www.google.com/search?btnG=Google Search&q=38 feet in metres
38 feet high, http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=50 feet in metres&btnG=Search
50 feet long, and was constructed from http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=six tons in kilos&btnG=Search
six tons of reinforced fiberglass back in ‘74 for the primary
purpose of, um, bigging up the local dairy farmers I guess.
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Over in the UK we have our own famous
Concrete Cows sculpture, which were created four years after
Salem Sue by Canadian-born artist Liz Leyh, but are only about half
life size.
More about http://www.roadsideamerica.com/attract/NDSALcow.html Salem
Sue at Roadside America and more about http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concrete_Cows Concrete Cows at
Wikipedia.
Thanks to Simon Cope and
Jason Smith.
Tags: , Cow, Largest, world
Google Earth satellite images have unearthed Samsung’s top
secret development of the World’s largest Plasma
Television.
After Japanese manufacturer Matsushita topped the South Korean
electronics company’s http://ces.engadget.com/2006/01/06/give-them-an-inch-matsushita-ups-the-ante-with-103-inch-plasma/
102″ plasma with a http://www.engadget.com/2004/12/16/samsungs-102-inch-plasma-tv/
103″ model Samsung moved developments to the African country of
Algeria where Matsushita’s spies wouldn’t know what they were up
to.
Rather than risking another embarrassment Samsung have gone all
out and developed a 4,975″ Plasma screen. However,
this may have been a mistake - the TV is so big that it keeps
falling onto its back.
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Also see
previous oversized electronics on Google Sightseeing.
Thanks: http://www.googleearthhacks.com/dlfile23731/Flat-Screen-TV.htm
SpiderX22
Tags: , Largest, Plasma, The, TV, world
Built to commemorate the highest temperature ever recorded in
the United States, the
World’s Largest Thermometer
in near Death Valley, California is a whopping
134 feet tall. Why? There’s one foot for every degree - yes, it
really did reach an unbelievable 134° Fahrenheit
here in 1913.
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That’s 40.8 metres and 56.7 °C for those of you feeling confused
right now
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And although there’s no high-res imagery, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_temperature_extremes
the coldest temperature ever recorded in the US , a terrifying
−80.0 °F (−62.2 °C), was recorded in
Prospect Creek, Alaska.
Thanks to Courtney.
More at http://www.roadsideamerica.com/attract/CABAKthermometer.html
Roadside America.
Tags: , Largest, The, Thermometer, world
Yes people,
this pair of spermatozoon spermatozoa are each
nearly half a mile long! At least, I
think they’re http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sperm sperm cells hugely
magnified - it’s that or some sort of crazy elongated guitar
art?
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Thanks to James Bonnette
Tags: , Largest, Spermatozoa, world
The 2nd largest clock in the world is
supposedly the
Colgate clock, atop the Colgate-Palmolive factory in Indiana.
The clock was built way back in 1906 when it originally sat on
Colgate’s New Jersey facility, before being moved here in 1924.
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The 1st largest clock in the world is
also the
Colgate clock. This one replaced the above clock at the now
defunct New Jersey offices, but after Colgate left the area in the
1980s it sits alone on the waterfront.
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The claims of “largest in the word” for each is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_biggest_clock_faces disputable,
and both clocks are facing an uncertain future as developers move
into each area.
The similarities don’t end there - after the Indiana clock
starred in the 1999 film The Insider, the New
Jersey clock starred in the 2006 flick Inside Man.
Spooky.
Thanks: Ironguts & James
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colgate_Clock_(Indiana) Indiana
Clock & http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colgate_Clock New Jersey
Clock
Tags: , Clocks, Largest, Possibly, The, world
Built to commemorate the highest temperature ever recorded in
the United States, the
World’s Largest Thermometer
in near Death Valley, California is a whopping
134 feet tall. Why? There’s one foot for every degree - yes, it
really did reach an unbelievable 134° Fahrenheit
here in 1913.
>
That’s 40.8 metres and 56.7 °C for those of you feeling confused
right now
src='/wp-content/uploads/2007/200712191717468777802.gif'
>
And although there’s no high-res imagery, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_temperature_extremes
the coldest temperature ever recorded in the US , a terrifying
−80.0 °F (−62.2 °C), was recorded in
Prospect Creek, Alaska.
Thanks to Courtney.
More at http://www.roadsideamerica.com/attract/CABAKthermometer.html
Roadside America.
Tags: , Largest, The, Thermometer, world