Message posted by trespass on September 08, 2008 at 21:26:58 PST:

This is an artifact from image processing, usually noise reduction/artificial sharpening. Sometimes it will make a photograph look airbrushed. I'm sure Google has to make the best of what imagery is available to them, although that may be changing soon. I've attached a link to the software that has some examples of what I'm talking about.

In Reply to: OT. Why is this area "painted"? posted by Swede on July 03, 2008 at 2:35:01 PST:

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