Archive for May 27th, 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

Dodger Stadium

Friday, 27th May 2005 by James

Dodger Stadium is home to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Apparently everyone drives in L.A. so the stadium has parking for 16,000 cars on 21 terraced lots raised to the same elevations as the six different seating levels (so you don’t have to climb stairs once parked). It is also the only Ball Park to have its own Gas Station.

Dodger Stadium

Thanks: Abraham, Daniel, James (x2), Patrick (x2), Django, Stephen, ron, Scott, Roland, Jason & Wil

New Quebec Crater

Friday, 27th May 2005 by Alex

Formely known as Chubb crater, the New Quebec Crater has a rim diameter of 3.4 kilometers and is estimated to be about 1.4 million years old. It’s also filled with a 250-meter-deep lake. That’s a big old hole.

There’s a whole list of crater locations available at the Earth Impact Database, complete with latitudes and longtitudes…

New Quebec Crater

Thanks to Stavro, Michel Bochud and Dominic (from the comments).

Brooklyn [heart] U

Friday, 27th May 2005 by Alex

Slightly unfortunate placement of the Google logo here, but you can still just about make out this large type on a building in Brooklyn, which says ‘BROOKYLN [HEART] U‘. Awww, isn’t that sweet?

We don’t know what this building is, but Will Carlough says he’s going to check it out for us. Thanks Will (Although I’m fairly sure someone in the comments will beat him to it) ;-)

Brooklyn Heart U

Missed Bridge

Friday, 27th May 2005 by Alex

There appear to be some serious alignment issues with the Clark Bridge, which connects Missouri and Illinois. I certainly wouldn’t fancy trying to cross it!

Evidently this bridge was the subject of some documentary sometime… Good shadows further down it though.

Missed Bridge

Thanks: Turd Ferguson

Saint Lawrence Seaway

Friday, 27th May 2005 by Alex

You don’t often see a river running under a river! This is the Welland Canal, a part of the Saint Lawrence Seaway which is the system of canals that permits ocean-going vessels to travel from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes as far as Lake Superior. You can see the size of of the ships a little further South at the edge of Lake Erie (thumbnail #2), and there’s another to the North.

10 villages were submerged to allow the construction of the Saint Lawrence Seaway, and apparently a few remnants of sidewalks and building foundations can be still be seen under the water in some places!

River under river Canal Ship

Thanks: John Schilling

Jones Beach Tower

Friday, 27th May 2005 by Alex

This is the Jones Beach Tower, which was built in 1930, and was modelled on the campanile of St. Mark’s Cathedral in Venice. It is 200 feet high, made of brick and stone, and houses a 315,000 gallon water tank for storage of water from four wells, each over 1,000 feet deep.

Jones Beach Tower

Update:

Wayne helpfully pointed out that I had actually shown a picture of the water tower at Robert Moses State park which is here:

Robert Moses Tower

Post updated, thanks Wayne :-D

Shipwreck, Key Largo

Friday, 27th May 2005 by James

Amongst the Coral Reefs of the John Pennekamp State Park we can see an intentionally sunk 329 foot long military ship. Apparently two such ships, the Coast Guard Cutters DUANE and BIBB, were sunk here in 1987 with open hatchways and rooms for divers to freely explore. Scanning around the area I can only see this one ship - can anyone find the other?

Thanks: Sparky

Open Drawbridge

Friday, 27th May 2005 by Alex

Here’s an open drawbridge in Jacksonville, Florida. Pretty cool, anyone found any more?

Open Drawbridge

Thanks: David Fletcher