First known as EarthViewer3D, Google Earth officially came out in 2005. Since then, the program has upgraded from low resolution blurry images to the extremely high resolution images. In fact, the images are getting so clear that on the closest zoom, you can almost read the street signs. Here are just 7 images that have been found on Google Earth.

1.) Put it away Earth!

2.) Dude, where’s my fighter?

3.) Hippos gathering in Africa

This photo was taken as a part of a collaboration between National Geographic and Google to produce high-res images of Africa.

4.) WW2 Bomber

5.) I found a parking spot!

6.) Traffic Accident in Baghdad

7.) Elephants in Africa

All images courtesy of Google Inc.

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Email is a great tool for communicating with other people quickly and effectively. However, it opened up the floodgates for scams, pranks, and hoaxes to circulate the ‘net faster than they could before. Most of the time, these pranks and scams relied on people actually believing what the email said. Here are the 5 dumbest scams, pranks and hoaxes to ever arrive in our email inboxes.

1.) Forward this email and Bill Gates will give you money

The email went something like this:

Hello,
My name is Bill Gates. Thank you for testing my new Beta Email Tracking Application (BETA). I have applied an email tracking program to this email and will track who and how many people you forward this email to. It’s a bit technical, but just realize that you are participating in an experimental software. For every person you forward this email to, you will receive $20. Thank you for your time in helping Microsoft.

Your friend,
Bill Gates

Who out there received their check from forwarding my email?

2.) The King of a faraway country has died, and left you his fortune!

This one goes like this:

Urgent Message: I am a close friend of the recently deceased king of Nigeria. As the executor of his vast estate, I am contacting you because in his will, he declared that you would be the sole inheritor of his fortune. In order for this transaction to occur, you must reply to this email immediately with your name, address and bank account number so we can wire the money over to your account. Please respond.

Yours Kindly,
The Office of the Nigerian King

This scam has a few variants and is known as the Nigerian 419 scam. Who would believe in such a dumb and obvious scam? Well, one woman lost over $400,000 sending money over to con artists that would help her receive her fortune. This scam just goes to show you one thing – that the life expectancy of Nigerian Kings is low.

3.) Rickroll

A sample of Rickrolling:

Hey! Leaked preview and screenshots of New Moon here.

One of the newest email pranks to make the rounds, this one involves someone sharing a link, saying that the link is very important or involves something that was leaked. The link subsequently goes to the YouTube video of Rick Astley and his famous 80s song. Embarrassed you’ve been Rickrolled? Don’t worry, you have company. Over 18 million people have admitted to being Rickrolled.

4.) Forward this email and your wishes will come true, otherwise someone you know will die

You better forward that email quickly otherwise your best friend might die suddenly! Or if you forward that email, all your wishes will come true. Really? I am sure many girls who forwarded that email are still waiting on their ponies.

5.) You’ve won the a lottery! Please collect your winnings

Congratulations! You’ve won a lottery. The only problem is, we need your information to send you your winnings. This scam is similar to the Nigerian 419 scams. How can you win a lottery you did not even enter? And even if it was true, then wouldn’t everyone in the world want to enter for a chance to win millions for doing nothing?

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It is difficult these days to find someone who hasn’t been on the Internet at least once in their life. When the Internet was still new, it would have been helpful to have some “Welcome to the Internet” handbook. The Internet has changed so much that in 2009, I have decided to provide a beginner’s guide. Think of it as a fresh reminder of what the Internet is really about, from A to Z.

A

A is for AOL: A deserted place where people went to connect to the Internet in the 1990s.

B

B is for Baidu: The Chinese Google. Be prepared for it to become huge.

C

C is for Craigslist: A place where scams are commonplace and prostitutes roam free.

D

D is for Domain Squatting: Turning $2.95 into $3 million.

E

E is for eBay: A place to find stuff you never knew existed, but always wanted.

F

F is for Facebook: One of the only places where you and your parents have the same friends and a place where your life is destroyed.

G

G is for Google: The company that takes pictures of your house from a satellite.

H

H is for Hulu: Your new television set. Hopefully it remains free

I

I is for Illegal Downloading: What everyone does to get their music, movies, and video games.

J

J is for j/k: A way to say something serious and tell someone how you really feel about them but then take it all back.

K

K is for Kilobyte: The max capacity of a computer in the 1980′s

L

L is for LOL: A way to make someone feel better by virtually laughing at what they said. Sometimes comes after a j/k.

M

M is for MySpace: A place where underage girls dress like they are in their mid 20′s.

N

N is for .net: For when you can’t afford the .com.

O

O is for OMG: A way to fake surprise and sound like a teenage girl.

P

P is for porn: The Internet is really all about porn, self-explanatory.

Q

Q is for Quantcast: A way to find out if the people coming to your website are slacking off at work.

R

R is for RapidShare: A place to trade and download above mentioned porn.

S

S is for Spam: The majority of emails in our inboxes.

T

T is for Twitter: Your life summed up in 140 characters or less.

U

U is for Username: How a 60 year old man can be mistaken for lilcutie60.

V

V is for Viral Videos: See YouTube.

W

W is for Wikipedia: A place to find life’s answers and skip the encyclopedia.

X

X is for XOXO: A way to show your love for someone else via random letters.

Y

Y is for YouTube: A place to post a video of your cat playing piano.

Z

Z is for Z: Add this to the end of words to make yourself look hip and cool, but in actuality making you sound like a 12 year old boy. Coolz.

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In 2007, Google launched Google Street View. Street View is an amazing tool because it allows you to see almost any street in the United States and around the world and virtually take a walk down any street you want. However, along the way, the Google Street View Cars have snapped pictures of some very strange and hilarious things around the world.

1.) Scuba Diver in Laguna Beach, California

In Laguna Beach, California, this guy was caught running down the street in his scuba gear.

2.) Post-It Car Prank in Tampa, Florida

In Tampa, Florida, the Google Street View Car caught these two girls putting hundreds of Post-It notes on someone’s car. Whoever owns that car will forever live in shame as owning the “Google Post-It Car.”

3.) 3 guys not paying attention in Paris, France

In some overseas action, three guys wave to the Google Street View Car. Little do they know, another car is starting to reverse right into them. I kind of feel sorry for the middle guy. Google is leading more people to their doom.

4.) Kids setting up a trap in Loire, France

Two French children setting up some sort of trap for pedestrians. Where are their mothers?

5.) Troll under a highway in Seattle, Washington

I wonder what the Google drivers were thinking when they passed this? The real question is, why is there a troll under a highway?

6.) Man arrested on Hollywood Blvd. in Los Angeles, California

Just one of many arrests that can be found on Google Street View. Makes you wonder what he was found guilty for.

7.) Kids taking a picture with Jaws at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida

Who knew that Google Street View could go inside theme parks? I suppose we should thank the Google Tricycles for this one.

8.) Guy wearing skeleton outfit on motorized scooter in Toronto, Canada

Somebody was in the Halloween spirit that day. Maybe he’s just ashamed to be riding a motorized scooter and wanted to hide his face.

9.) A possible burglary in progress in San Francisco, California

Either this guy was trying to burglarize this house, or he lost his keys and is trying to get into his own house.

All images courtesy of Google Inc.

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