Coca-Cola

Posted by James Turnbull, Sunday, 31st July 2005

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Two factories of the Coca-Cola company. The first is in St. Petersburg, Russia and the other is somewhere in Germany.

Thanks: Max & Bilbo

Rajpath, India

Posted by James Turnbull, Sunday, 31st July 2005

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Please note that some or all of the objects mentioned in this post are no longer visible on Google Earth or Google Maps.

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The Rashtrapati Bhavan is the Official residence of the President of India. At the back of the building you can see the 13 acre gardens with Mughal style canals and fountains.

To the east is the Rajpath (’Kings Way’). Along the Rajpath there is the Republic Day Parade, an annual celebration of the adoption of the Constitution in 1950. As there is not much crowed along the road this could be the dress rehearsal of the parade which is held on the 24th of January each year. The parade starts here and you can follow it all the way along to the India Gate, a memorial built in commemoration of Indian soldiers who died in World War I and the Afghan Wars.

As the procession continues past the India Gate you can see an aeroplane on the north-west side of the roundabout, and on the north-east side the large cylindrical object is apparently a AGNI-II, an intermediate range ballistic missile.

Thanks: Sathish, Bill Kendrick, Manoj Govindan, donald, Ashutosh Rajekar, Ananya Gupta, Sarathy, Clint, Ashok M & DDA

Hungaroring Formula 1

Posted by James Turnbull, Sunday, 31st July 2005

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Hungaroring is the Hungarian Formula-1 Grand Prix race track, where the 20th Hungarian GP is currently being raced.

Thanks: ilves, Zoltan Marton, Kertész Attila, Rickard Jensen & Mario Sarno

The World’s Largest Gantry Crane

Posted by James Turnbull, Saturday, 30th July 2005

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The 7,560 tonne world’s largest gantry crane at Kockums AB shipyard in Malmö, Sweden also has the world’s largest lifting capacity of 1,500 tonnes. If you’re in Sweden don’t bother trying to go and see it though as in 2002 the crane was sold to Hyundai Heavy Industries who dismantled it, painted it orange and shipped it off to their Offshore Fabrication Yard in Ulsan, South Korea.

The yellow floating crane to the northwest took part in the dismantling process, which you can see from the ground in these numerous photos. You can also see the Kockums crane at its new South Korean home in this photo.

And while we’re on a roll with the big cranes scroll a few screens east for the largest floating crane in the world.

Many thanks to Lars Persson & Rickard Jensen

Giant Dead Lego Cowboy

Posted by James Turnbull, Friday, 29th July 2005

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Off the Gold Coast in Queensland Australia there looks to be a Giant Dead Lego Cowboy. No need to call the cops though, it’s just an inflatable waterplay feature.

Thanks: Ricardo Russon, Alex & woowoowoo