Bug description:

When using Google Earth everything looks fine until zooming very close. At that point the image starts to look more and more white as more zoom is applied. The effect looks like kind of a fog. At the point that streets should be clearly visible the image looks mostly white and it is difficult to distinguish anything. This only happens in the Google Earth window, the rest of the desktop looks perfectly OK.

I am attaching a screenshot so you can see the effect.

System environment:
-- chipset: G45 (Intel X4500HD)
-- system architecture: i686
-- xf86-video-intel: 2.7.99
-- xserver: X.Org X Server 1.6.1.901 (1.6.2 RC 1)
-- mesa: OpenGL version string: 2.1 Mesa 7.5-rc3
-- libdrm: 2.4.11
-- kernel: 2.6.30-020630rc8
-- Linux distribution: Ubuntu Jaunty (9.04)
-- Machine or mobo model: ASUS P5Q-EM + Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 
-- Display connector: VGA

Reproducing steps:

Execute Google Earth and zoom very close up to the point streets can be seen clearly. At that point the image looks mostly white.

Additional info:

This problem also happened with the default packages in Ubuntu Jaunty (e.g., intel driver version is 2.6.3).
Additionally to this problem I also have a memory leakage problem which has already been reported as a bug.