Posted July 23, 201212 yr Today I needed to get a googlemaps url to Eagle Island near Harpswell. We visited it yesterday. Nice place. When I located the island on google and when I clicked on the plus sign to get a close up of the island I saw a bunch of kayaks on the shores.It did not take me too long to realize I was looking at a photo from our annual spring Jewell Island trip. Our day trip from Jewell was to Eagle - Whaleboat and back to Jewell. While at Eagle one of our paddlers cracked the hull on the rocks, hauled the kayak onto the grass for repairs. At that moment the satellite snapped the photo of Eagle Island and you are looking at it :-) You may not be able to get good enough close up but I can guarantee you that there are many of us looking back at you: Prudence, Doug, Rene, Warren, Peter, Leslie, Paul, Cath... I know I probably left someone out but my memory is not what it used to be :-)
July 23, 201212 yr I see 10 kayaks on the North cove of the Island and a single one up on the grass. Is this you or am I looking at the wrong Island?
July 23, 201212 yr Author That's it. You're looking at the right thing. The single kayak is Roger's (I knew I forgot someone) wooden kayak that he cracked while landing on the beach. I took my own photo here: oh yeah and we also had Judy with us. My memory is slowly coming back. Here is the photo from the satellite:
July 23, 201212 yr That is indeed way cool! Thanks for posting, Rene. I must say that it's also a little creepy, to realize that there's a satellite up there, watching me.
July 24, 201212 yr I think you can submit your photos to google if you want a higher res photo up there.
July 24, 201212 yr Author What do you mean Michael? The bottom photo is part of the mapping layout. I think you can submit your photos to google if you want a higher res photo up there.
July 24, 201212 yr http://www.webpronews.com/get-your-photos-on-google-maps-street-view-2009-02Might not work for Maine, or for an island, but you can submit your own street view photos. Maybe you can submit your pic as a "street view" of the island?
July 25, 201212 yr I wonder what the odds are concerning being caught "on the job", as it were? Must be millions to one? Amazing...
July 28, 201212 yr Wow- very cool indeed! Does this make all of us famous?!?But I guess there might be times we wouldn't want to be captured by satellite!Pru
July 29, 201212 yr Amazing! That's definitely us ... and we were only there for an hour. And wasn't there someone who didn't paddle with us on Saturday? Scanning on Google a little farther south to Jewell, it looks like a kayak pulled up on the grass near the Cocktail Cove takeout ...
July 29, 201212 yr Author Hi Gary i paddled to Eagle last weekend with Yvonne for a day trip. Afterwards I was trying to get a link to the island from Googlemaps so that I could show my father where we paddled. When I closed up to Eagle on the computer I noticed the kayaks on shore and when I noticed Rogers kayak on the grass I realized I was looking at moment from our trip in May. Rene, how and why did you come across this?
July 30, 201212 yr And wasn't there someone who didn't paddle with us on Saturday? Scanning on Google a little farther south to Jewell, it looks like a kayak pulled up on the grass near the Cocktail Cove takeout ... Gary, Cathy, and myself remained on Jewell on Saturday to do some geocashing and exploring, possibly with a couple others for bird watching. I think the tree coverage is hiding a some boats, as well as the majority of the camp site.
July 30, 201212 yr Amazing! That's definitely us ... and we were only there for an hour. And wasn't there someone who didn't paddle with us on Saturday? Scanning on Google a little farther south to Jewell, it looks like a kayak pulled up on the grass near the Cocktail Cove takeout ...This is really incredible! Reminds me of the dental office mag "Highlights". In this picture find a comb, broom........ Look very carefully at Jewell. I see 3 kayaks, a tent, and Ron/Rob's tender @ Cocktail, and Rene's tent at site #2. Mary and Rob are kayaking along the NE portion of Cocktail Cove near the rocks!!!!!!
July 31, 201212 yr oh my gosh Rob! There we are...me behind and you leading the way!!! how VERY cool!!!! mb
July 31, 201212 yr Wow! That's us all right, Mary! There we all are indeed! Is this our Fifteen Minutes of Fame?
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