Chinese characters as seen on google earth

[jun yong]

I made a compilation of chinese characters that can be seen from space, these were taken by satellite imagery, I was hoping someone could figure out what they say! The last person I asked could figure out a few characters "hair" and "people". Any help would be appreciated!

If you need it in PDF or any other format, let me know!

[skylee]

From top right clockwise (the characters in the photos are simplified ones but I write in traditional characters so they might appear a bit different ) -

只爭朝夕 -> http://www.baidu.com/baidu?ie=gb2312&ct=1048576&cl=3&word=%D6%BB%A0%8E%B3%AF%CF%A6

苦練精兵 -> train an elite army

衛國戎邊 -> protect the country and guard the border

爲人民服務 -> serve the people

排除萬難去爭取勝利 -> get rid of all obstacles to strive for victory

毛主席萬萬嵗 -> long live Chairman Mao

There is not a character meaning "hair".

[jun yong]

Thanks! I didnt think there was a "hair" in there! LoL! I wonder why they wanted the sayings to be seen from space? I'm sure there are alot more.

[skylee]

They probably didn't plan for the sayings to be seen from space.

[liuzhou]

There is not a character meaning "hair".

The character 毛 as in Chairman Mao can also mean hair. Hence the confusion.

[skylee]

Oh yes you are right. It is a surname and I didn't realise it.

[hanqoo.com]

Hey, I find it very interesting. would you like to tell me how to do it in google earch?

Those photos are just like X-ray photos.Very Dakula.

[Quest]

They look like characters overlayed on satellite images? The proportions and aspect angles are all very unconvincing...

[CheukMo]

Those characters would have to be extremely large unless a very good global surveillance satellite was used.