How do you get quality images from Google Earth?

[conlux44]

I have seen clean, clear, crisp, detailed and beautifully textured images of cities and coutry sides obtained from Google Earth. Despite my best attempts on my own i can only come up with grainy, coarse, half blurred 4 years out of date images. Are the pictures i'm veiwing from other sites obtained through the pay subscription option of Google Earth? Any help would be appreciated.


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