Google street view from a parking lot

I pulled into a Barnes and Noble parking lot one night and next to me
was the Google Street View car. You can see the apparatus on the top
of the car for holding a camera and the wooden block inside which, I
guess, is for remote viewing the camera image or computer.

I happened to have my camera with me - and there you have these
photos. I've had these quite some time. Posterous seems like the
perfect place to put them.