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April 7th, 2006, 10:19 AM
African cities 10 and 2 (10,000 ft)miles up viewed with Google Earth.
I got this idea from SE9's Nairobi thread.

The cities will be shown in the following order.

1 Cairo, Egypt..................................15,600,000
2 Lagos, Nigeria................................11,100,000
3 Johannesburg, South Africa...............7,400,000
4 Kinshasa, Dem. Rep. of Congo............7,000,000
5 Khartoum, Sudan.............................5,650,000
6 Alexandria, Egypt.............................5,000,000
7 Nairobi, Kenya.................................4,200,000*
8 Algiers, Algeria................................4,150,000
9 Abidjan, Cote d’ Ivoire......................4,100,000
10 Casablanca, Morocco......................3,850,000

11 Durban, South Africa.......................3,500,000
12 Kano, Nigeria..................................3,350,000
13 Cape Town, South Africa..................3,300,000
14 Accra, Ghana..................................3,200,000
15 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.......................3,050,000
16 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania...................3,050,000
17 Ibadan, Nigeria................................3,000,000
18 Luanda, Angola...............................2,750,000
19 Dakar, Senegal................................2,500,000
20 Pretoria, South Africa.......................2,350,000

21 Harare, Zimbabwe...........................2,150,000
22 Douala, Cameroon...........................1,875,000
23 Maputo, Mozambique.......................1,775,000
24 Rabat, Morocco..............................1,775,000
25 Antananarivo, Madagascar................1,700,000
26 Bamako, Mali..................................1,650,000
27 Lusaka, Zambia...............................1,650,000
28 Conakry, Guinea..............................1,550,000
29 Kaduna, Nigeria...............................1,550,000
30 Yaounde, Cameroon.........................1,525,000

31 Kumasi, Ghana................................1,450,000
32 Kampala, Uganda.............................1,425,000
33 Mbuji-Mayi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)..........1,300,000
34 Mogadishu, Somalia.........................1,300,000
35 Brazzaville, Congo (Rep.)..................1,275,000
36 Lubumbashi, Congo (Dem. Rep.).........1,275,000
37 Benin City, Nigeria...........................1,225,000
38 Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso...............1,150,000
39 Port Elizabeth, South Africa...............1,125,000
40 Port Harcourt, Nigeria.......................1,100,000

41 Freetown, Sierra Leone.....................1,050,000
42 Fes, Morocco..................................1,025,000

You are to blame
April 7th, 2006, 10:20 AM
1. Cairo, Egypt
10 miles up
http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/4021/cario103dn.jpg
2 miles up
http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/5598/cairo2m8zb.jpg

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April 7th, 2006, 10:21 AM
2. Lagos, Nigeria
10 miles up
http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/1926/lagos10m9of.jpg

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April 7th, 2006, 10:21 AM
3. Johannesburg, South Africa
10 miles up
http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/1369/johannesburg10m6dn.jpg2 miles up
http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/1017/johannesburg2m6yv.jpg

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April 7th, 2006, 10:25 AM
4. Kinshasa, Dem. Rep. of Congo
10 miles up
http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/5649/kinsasha108wl.jpg

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April 7th, 2006, 10:26 AM
5. Khartoum, Sudan
10 miles up
http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/7021/kharthum10m2wq.jpg
2 miles up
http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/5179/kharthum2m0jo.jpg

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April 7th, 2006, 10:28 AM
6. Alexandria, Egypt
10 miles up
http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/2522/alexan10m8xn.jpg
2 miles up
http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/3923/alexan2m2kw.jpg

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April 7th, 2006, 10:29 AM
7. Nairobi, Kenya
10 miles up
http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/2280/nairobi10m9zf.jpg
2 miles up
http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/3985/nairobi2m4nf.jpg

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April 7th, 2006, 10:30 AM
8. Algiers, Algeria
10 miles up
http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/5231/algers10m7kq.jpg

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April 7th, 2006, 10:31 AM
9. Abidjan, Cote d’ Ivoire
10 miles up
http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/1007/abidjan10m1lx.jpg

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April 7th, 2006, 10:33 AM
10. Casablanca, Morocco
10 miles up
http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/6946/casa10m0pe.jpg
2 miles up
http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/3723/casa2m0tp.jpg
more to come later

SE9
April 7th, 2006, 11:34 AM
Wow great work! I was thinking of doing something along the same lines but never got round to it.

empersouf
April 7th, 2006, 01:58 PM
Nice, this is a great way to compare city's.
Btw, that airfield you see in the middle of Casablanca is the old airfield. The new airport is a few km south of casablanca.

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April 8th, 2006, 05:47 AM
11. Durban, South Africa
10 miles up
http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/3417/durban10m3je.jpg
2 miles up
http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/2850/durban2m9ff.jpg

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April 8th, 2006, 05:49 AM
12. Kano, Nigeria
10 miles up
http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/703/kano10m2dz.jpg
2 miles up
http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/299/kano2m8zb.jpg

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April 8th, 2006, 05:51 AM
13. Cape Town, South Africa
10 miles up
http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/6884/ct10m1aa.jpg
2 miles up
http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/8610/ct2m2du.jpg

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April 8th, 2006, 05:54 AM
14 Accra, Ghana
10 miles up
http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/6562/accra10m9jw.jpg

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April 8th, 2006, 05:55 AM
15 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
10 miles up
http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/5949/addisababa10m7li.jpg

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April 8th, 2006, 05:57 AM
16 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
10 miles up
http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/4268/daressalaam10m0ba.jpg
2 miles up
http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/8168/daressalaam2m9kl.jpg

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April 8th, 2006, 05:59 AM
17 Ibadan, Nigeria
10 miles up
http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/6889/ibadan10m3pc.jpg

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April 8th, 2006, 06:00 AM
18 Luanda, Angola
10 miles up
http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/5681/luanda10m6kg.jpg
2 miles up
http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/1044/luanda2m4my.jpg

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April 8th, 2006, 06:02 AM
19 Dakar, Senegal
10 miles up
http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/3043/dakar10m4jh.jpg

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April 8th, 2006, 06:04 AM
20 Pretoria, South Africa
10 miles up
http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/564/pretoria10m3cm.jpg
2 miles up
http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/4430/pretoria2m1ap.jpg

More cities to come later

Vertigo
April 9th, 2006, 12:15 AM
Great thread! Thanks a lot! :cool:

skipperBill
April 9th, 2006, 12:27 AM
Awesome idea Blame:okay:

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April 9th, 2006, 09:58 AM
21. Harare, Zimbabwe
10 miles up
http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/1605/31harare10m9ti.jpg
2 miles up
http://img129.imageshack.us/img129/5808/31harare2m1yy.jpg

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April 9th, 2006, 10:00 AM
22. Douala, Cameroon
10 miles up
http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/8743/32adouala0cc.jpg

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April 9th, 2006, 10:02 AM
23. Maputo, Mozambique
10 miles up
http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/4430/32maputo10m3so.jpg
2 miles up
http://img129.imageshack.us/img129/1593/32maputo2m9cv.jpg

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April 9th, 2006, 10:03 AM
24. Rabat, Morocco
10 miles up
http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/397/33rabat7cg.jpg

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April 9th, 2006, 10:04 AM
25. Antananarivo, Madagascar
10 miles up
http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/9928/34anta10m9nq.jpg

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April 9th, 2006, 10:06 AM
26. Bamako, Mali
10 miles up
http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/5715/35bamako10m1tr.jpg
2 miles up
http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/7217/35bamako2m2ie.jpg

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April 9th, 2006, 10:07 AM
27. Lusaka, Zambia
10 miles up
http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/897/36lusaka10m0eh.jpg

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April 9th, 2006, 10:08 AM
28. Conakry, Guinea
10 miles up
http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/9796/37conakry10m3mm.jpg

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April 9th, 2006, 10:09 AM
29. Kaduna, Nigeria
10 miles up
http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/2691/38kaunda10m7wb.jpg

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April 9th, 2006, 10:10 AM
30. Yaounde, Cameroon
Cloud coverd.

More cities to come later.

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April 13th, 2006, 09:14 AM
31. Kumasi, Ghana

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/1948/31kumasi3oj.jpg

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April 13th, 2006, 09:15 AM
32. Kampala, Uganda

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/1361/32kampala0uw.jpg

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April 13th, 2006, 09:16 AM
33. Mbuji-Mayi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/2858/33mm4ka.jpg

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April 13th, 2006, 09:17 AM
34. Mogadishu, Somalia

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/7994/34mogadishu8lt.jpg

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April 13th, 2006, 09:19 AM
35. Brazzaville, Congo (Rep.)

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/9109/35brazzaville2ry.jpg

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April 13th, 2006, 09:20 AM
36. Lubumbashi, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/3511/36lubumbashi2gp.jpg

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April 13th, 2006, 09:21 AM
37. Benin City, Nigeria

http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/9633/37benincity9lf.jpg

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April 13th, 2006, 09:22 AM
38. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/7696/38ouagad0xe.jpg

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April 13th, 2006, 09:24 AM
39. Port Elizabeth, South Africa
10 miles up
http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/6489/porteli10m4si.jpg
2 miles up
http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/9391/porteli2m9lt.jpg

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April 13th, 2006, 09:26 AM
40. Port Harcourt, Nigeria

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/3378/40portharcourt5yr.jpg