Google Earth has opened up a new type of artistic expression. Not only can you find letters created by various man-made and natural structures, now people can create works of art that can only be truly appreciated from the sky. People such as Henk Hofstra.

The above two pictures are of his creation entitled “Water is Life.” The artist’s description:

"In April 2007, het Moleneind, a road in Drachten, The Netherlands, is painted blue to symbolise the water. It is 1000 meters long and 8 meters wide. It was created to form an urban river and recreate the path of a waterway that used to be where the road currently runs. They will start to dig a new canal here in 2008. The text WATER IS LEVEN is written on the blue road. The water will bring back life again in the centre of Drachten."

And for the next six months Hofstra's latest installation, "Art Eggcident," will be on display in the city of Leeuwarden, The Netherlands.

Even better than discovering these on the internet would have been to just be walking down the street and stumbling upon this – ha!  This is Street Art, defined!