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In response to “Global Earth Day,” NASA released the 10 most popular photos on April 21. These photos were all taken by astronauts aboard the International Space Station. All of them are fantastic.

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A small hill on a plain usually becomes a leisure place for surrounding residents. But the terrain on Google Earth does not seem to be significant engough, so I set the elevation exaggeration to 3. And then I use the SpaceNavigator to fly around the island of Taiwan. As a result, I was able to find a total of 16 small hills. By providing one description for each hill, I have connected those placemarks in the flyover video for those hills.If you want to visit those hills in Taiwan, you can download this KML Collection .

Po-lin Chi (The Chinese pronunciation is the same as “Zeppelin” translated into Chinese) is a young aero-photographer. He gets into this area in 1992 and creates tons of pictures. In April, 2006, Chi builded a blog, in which he updates images every couple of days, showing the beauty of Taiwan. He also gives a short description by each article, to show his passion for this island.

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Part of the Nan-sa Spratly Islands, Tai-ping Island (Itu Aba Island) is part of Taiwan’s (ROC’s) jurisdiction. This film simulates a tour departing from Ping-Tung Airport, located at the southern tip of Taiwan, for Tai-ping Island. On Google Earth window, I have added an image that is meant to capture the view as if one were an eagle in the sky. The return tour also passes by another one of the Tung-sa Atoll , also under Taiwan’s jurisdiction.

You can download this KML Collection which let you experience this trip. Enjoy it !

The distance of one trip around the island of Taiwan is about 1000km. Two people tried to accomplish the feat in one day by riding buses. The challenge is that in order to go around the island, you have to combine the bus routes of 6 different districts. You will miss the next bus if there is just a little delay. The two people accomplished the feat at the end of 2007. In addition to applauding their accomplishment, I recorded the tour on Google Earth.

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One of five highest mountains in Taiwan, Snow Mountains is located on the northwest side of the Central Mountains. With a length of 260km and a width 28km, the mountain range contains a total of about 20 peaks that are above 3000m. The Snow Mountain is at the center of the mountain range with 6 different routes to get there. It is the second highest one in Taiwan (3886m).

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