70th Anniversary of Kursk
Posted: Wed Jul 10, 2013 12:14 pm
I went to Google Earth to check on the Kursk battlefields and my GE no longer could zoom down to view the roads. I had to install the latest version.
Now for the surprise. Instead of the old false color maps I see natural green crop and brown dirt colors. But, I didn't clearly see the Red October State Farm. It seems it had grown over and was all green. I guess all the buildings were removed. Across the RR tracks the Stalinsk Collective Farm (now named Storozhevoye-Vtoroye) is doing fine and has expanded. Its building show up very clear, much better than shown by the old GE.
Now for the surprise. Instead of the old false color maps I see natural green crop and brown dirt colors. But, I didn't clearly see the Red October State Farm. It seems it had grown over and was all green. I guess all the buildings were removed. Across the RR tracks the Stalinsk Collective Farm (now named Storozhevoye-Vtoroye) is doing fine and has expanded. Its building show up very clear, much better than shown by the old GE.