Google Biblical Earth: Artist Recreates Christian Stories Seen From Space

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Google Biblical Earth: Artist Recreates Christian Stories Seen From Space
The "God's eye view" re-enacts moments including Noah's Ark in the floods and Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden as seen from a Google Earth style satellite. James Dive spent more than three months painstakingly searching for suitable locations on Google Earth. The 31 year old, from Sydney, Australia, then combined them on a computer with 3D models of iconic elements from the religious text. Mr Dive, who is a member of Sydney based art collective The Glue Society, said: "We like to disorientate audiences a little with all our work. And with this piece we felt technology now allows events which may or may not have happened to be visualized and made to appear dramatically real. As a method of representation satellite photography is so trusted, it has been interesting to mess with that trust." Among the startling series of images is Moses parting the Red Sea for the Israelites to cross and escape the pursuing Egyptian army. Another picture shows Noah's Ark resting on the top of a mountains of Ararat as the waters recede after God flooded the earth to combat man's wickedness. Adam and Eve can be seen resting in the Garden of Eden before being banished after going against God's wishes and eating fruit from the tree of knowledge. The final image sees Jesus crucified on a cross and hanging between two convicted thieves, also on crosses.