The images for Google Earth and Google Maps come from a wide range of sources, and those sources have to abide by the laws of the land - including blurring or otherwise obscuring certain places from digital satellite imagery. Some of the blocked sites are dams, power plants, airports, and military bases. All residences of the Dutch Royal Family are blurred, plus some spots that we have no idea why they have been covered up, like a large area in the Siberian tundra:
Here is a link to a few of the images:
http://mashable.com/2012/03/20/google-maps-censored/#542851-The-Royal-Residence-The-Netherlands
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