Picture this...
Take one pretty big, open, grassy field.
Get a bunch of wildflower seeds, organized by color.
Using an automated seeder, differential GPS, and a computer controlled selection bin on the seeder, "paint" really large pictures in wildflower colors by seeding the field "ink-jet style".-- zigness, Mar 29 2004 The US Flag from space http://www.spaceima...k/archive/02-06-30/ [1st2know, Oct 05 2004, last modified Oct 17 2004] German forest loses swastika http://news.bbc.co..../europe/1053635.stm [waugsqueke, Oct 05 2004, last modified Oct 17 2004] Cool. Can we do this without telling anyone, so people think it's aliens again?-- DrCurry, Mar 29 2004 I like it--you could even do this in your yard, using varieties of grass. (For small areas, the seeds could be glued to paper. The method: Lay it flat, then hose it down. The glue softens, and the seeds fall off into the soil.)-- ldischler, Mar 29 2004 [blissmiss], well, the idea is to improve the resolution and complexity making really intricate pictures show up.
I think some of Van Gogh's work would be nice.-- zigness, Mar 29 2004 If you want really big bio-art, go out into the ocean and spray an iron supplement in a digital pattern. Alga will bloom, giving you something that could be seen from space.-- ldischler, Mar 29 2004 I remember on the news a few years ago they found a giant swazstiga planted with white birch trees in a german forest. Aparently it was planted in the 30's and forgoton about. I think they cut it down so it wouldn't become a shrine.-- simonj, Mar 29 2004 Wow! Way to find a link [waugsqueke].-- simonj, Mar 30 2004 Baked or not, cool idea. (+)-- 2 fries shy of a happy meal, Mar 30 2004 simonj, I posted the link before I saw your paragraph.-- waugsqueke, Mar 30 2004 I'm impressed with this idea because it puts together several available technologies for a really big project such as a Van Gogh planting, and another use for GPS which is the most nearly useless techno toy yet.-- dentworth, Mar 30 2004 random, halfbakery