First, there was the Google Sightseeing blog, which used the magic of Google Maps to bring us satellite photos of strange and wonderful places around the world. Now, a new blog called Sprol is garnering a lot of attention, turning the all-seeing Google satellite camera on our bleakest landscapes of overconsumption and decay.

They recently trained their sights on West Fresno County, at the Harris Feeding Co. cattle feedlot in Coalinga. Look below the fold for another shot of the feedlot.

A photo of the feedlot taken by The Bee's Kurt Hegre in 2000.


The feedlot as viewed by Google's space-cam.