I use a plug-in on my browser (Chrome) called Earth View from Google Maps. Every time I open a new tab, the plug-in substitutes the bland background with a beautiful top-view of some place as spotted in Google Maps. Even though I hate travelling, some of the places I’ve seen via Earth View make me want to fly over them. Here are 35 of the best I’ve seen in the last few months of using the plug-in. Some of the colors are not what you’d expect to be found in nature (my favorites: Davis County’s purple, the Dampier Peninsula’s white, Loraine’s golden brown, Moab’s blue, Villarino Partido’s red and Yoron’s green).
Yoron
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