Thursday, September 20, 2007

Google Earth is aesthetically pleasing

Google earth is a great example, in my opinion, of simple aesthetics.

Not only can I search pretty much anywhere in the world to see what it looks like, but also I can see it from heights, making the whole picture much different each time.

Even though there is no real man made content within google earth, the images that one can find are just astonishing. Maybe it is the similiar feeling to being in a space shuttle and looking down at Earth from space.

Aesthetics are always better when its simple, and it is definitely almost 99% of the time better when it is achieved naturally. I don't think any great work of art compares to looking on the Rocky Mountains or flying in an airplane looking down at the landscape or snorkeling through a coral reef. Beauty doesn't need to be man-made.

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