The colonel of flyover country
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When I first saw heard that Kentucky Fried Chicken had installed an 87,000-square-foot cartoon image of Colonel Sanders in the Nevada desert, so that the happy ol’ colonel could be seen from airplanes (or space), I thought it was a hoax.
The image is a huge tile mosaic placed near Rachel, Nevada, due east of Area 51.
I haven’t seen it from the sky, and it’s not (yet) visible on Google Maps or Google Earth. But even if you DID see it, would it really make you want to eat fried chicken?
Considering that there aren’t any KFCs at your altitude when you see the ad, the colonel’s face may just breed resentment that your airline isn’t feeding you.
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June 18th, 2007 at 12:10 am |
[…] approach First it was the Kentucky Fried Chicken ad featuring a Colonel Sanders image visible from space. Now, a website’s advertisement featuring a giant chalk outline of a poledancing stripper is […]
December 11th, 2007 at 4:33 pm |
It is now visible on Google Maps:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=rachel,+nevada&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=16&om=1
Just thought I’d let you know!