Archive for April 28th, 2005

Google Sightseeing takes you on tour of the world as seen from satellite, using the free Google Earth program, or Google Maps in your web browser. Each weekday your guides James and Alex present new weird and wonderful sights as suggested by readers.

The editors: James & Alex

French Frigate Shoals

Thursday, 28th April 2005 by James

Updated

To the West of Hawaii there’s the French Frigate Shoals, which look a lot like a Giant Pacific Alien Dolphin Thing. The dolphin shape is actually a number of small islands, one of which has been enlarged to create an airstrip.

A Dolphin?

Thanks: mathematizer & danny

Picture This

by Alex

Here’s a cool sculpture, ‘Picture This‘ outside the North Carolina Museum of Art is made of all sorts of different stuff (pavement, wooden boardwalk, sand, gravel, etc). Tom Cole says:

It’s almost impossible to clearly make this out at ground level

He’s right too. Over at the Museum’s homepage they’ve got some ground level shots, and it certainly doesn’t look like much from down there… looks great from up here though!

Picture This

Thanks to Darwin Campa, Tom Cole, Dan and MrDorkESQ.

Cabazon Dinosaurs

by James

Along I-10 in Cabazon, CA you will find the Cabazon dinosaurs. From the shadow it is quite easy to spot the giant Apatosaurus known as “Dinny”, who has a gift shop inside his belly. To the north of Dinny is a Tyrannosaurus known as Rex, who is a bit more difficult to spot. The two were featured in the movie “Pee Wee’s Big Adventure” or you can see the both of them from ground level here.

Dinosaurs

Thanks: Paul Falstad

Baltimore Stadiums

by James

Two stadiums in downtown Baltimore, Maryland - on the top is Camden Yards where the Baltimore Orioles play and below that is M&T Bank Stadium where the Baltimore Ravens play.

Baltimore

Thanks: Django