Brasília: a Modernist Masterpiece
The largest city on the planet that wasn’t in existence at the beginning of the 20th century, the city of…
Tokyo Tower
This is the Tokyo Tower in Japan, which is the world’s tallest self supporting steel structure. Although it seems like everything can be classified as the world’s tallest something… ( I hearby declare myself the world’s third tallest Google Sightseeing…
Arc de Triomphe
Arc de Triomphe at the centre of some eternally busy roads in Paris (more info). Thanks: Bill Kendrick, nixx, Thomas, Keith, Nels N Nelson, gIMpSTa, Chris Granger, Don Campbell, Jim L., ringo, Donald P., numlok, Jason Hale
Spire of Dublin
The world’s largest sculpture, The Spire of Dublin, is 120 metres tall and is located on the site of the former Nelson’s Pillar which was destroyed in an IRA bombing. The pillar is really just a very big spike, with…
Chernobyl
The site of the Chernobyl nuclear power station is in Ukraine, at the far east of Europe. There isn’t super-high res imagery of the area but you can get the general idea of the layout. For an annotated image there…
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Thursday, 23rd June 2005
Thursday, 23rd June 2005
Uluru
Uluru, which used to be known as Ayers Rock. A sacred site to the native Australians and an awesome sight to tourists. Thanks: Deef, Parker, Tim, nandhp, Winchester, Simon, Tom McDermott, Safog, Vaclav Papousek, Peter, Patxi, Charles, Mark, Mike, Michael…
Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao
The Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao was designed by Frank Gehry of California and is considered by many to be an architectural masterpiece. It looks just as odd from above as it does from the ground. Thanks: Jason B, Holden Lewis,…
Best of Google Sightseeing
Crazy SCUBA Guys Chase Street View
Google has today launched brand new Street View imagery for Norway, Finland and large parts of Canada. But it’s in…
Community Bookshelf, Kansas City
The parking garage for the Kansas City Public Library may not look very special from above: … but from street…
Definitely a duck (maybe)
Here in the United States somewhere (we think, we haven’t checked), we’ve found this random patch of land that we…
Google Maps publishes aerial images of murder scene
The continuing rollout of 45° “birds eye view” images across the globe1 has now revealed a real-life tragedy. On the…
Trollstigen (Troll’s path)
In a country renowned for its natural beauty, one of the most spectacular landscapes is found along the Trollstigen (Troll’s…
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