Since the beginning of recorded history, we know that humans have imagined monsters and strangely shaped creatures that have mysterious powers. When they looked to the skies, they saw shapes and patterns in stars and clouds that then took on anthropomorphic or zoomorphic characteristics in their minds, and thus in our collective mythologies.

With the ready-availability of satellite imagery via Google Earth, we can find ourselves applying the same principles today, looking back at our planet. Argentinian photographer/artist Federico Winer has been doing just that with his longterm project Ultradistancia: Finding the shapes of monsters and mythical creatures (and many other intriguing things) by looking back at Earth from the skies.