If you're ever flying east of Austin, TX, look for this landmark. A land owner carved his last name, "Luecke," out of trees and bushes. The letters are half a mile high, and the word is two and a half miles long, big enough that it can occasionally be seen from the Space Shuttle as it passes overhead. I saw it for the first time about a decade ago as I flew a DC-10 from Orlando to Los Angeles. From 39,000 feet, it was so big it startled me. (The photo above simulates what it would look like from 60,000 feet up!)
Google Earth allows you to zoom in on the carving and examine it in great detail. The closer you get, the more you appreciate the work that went into creating it, and how utterly huge the thing is.
Isn't it amazing what some people do with their spare time?
