Archive for August 19th, 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

Strange Lines In Argentina

Friday, 19th August 2005 by

Does anyone know what on earth these strange lines are in Argentina? In places it looks like some kind of military bombing practive but then in other areas there are just geometric patterns. Very strange.

Update: So it looks like the grid pattern in the first image is the damage left from doing a seismic survey of the area, probably for oil. The strange network of lines in the second image is just the roads inbetween hundreds of oil wells.

Strange Lines In Argentina

Strange Lines In Argentina

Thanks: Patrick Martin & Dobermann35.

USA fields

Friday, 19th August 2005 by James

If I was going to go to all the effort of writing something in a field I’d make sure it was something more interesting than the name of my country; everyone who’s here knows they’re here so what’s the point? Given the space I’d probably write “googlesightseeing.com” ;-)

Anyway, over in Rochester, NY is the letters “USA” mowed into a field.

And in Rosemount, MN a “USA” with flag is mowed with very straight lines.

Thanks: John & Amy.

Real Madrid

Friday, 19th August 2005 by James

Santiago Bernabéu stadium in Madrid is the Home of “Real Madrid CF” (Club de Futbol).

Thanks: Adam, David, Jamie Nathan, Brano, Corey, Guillermo, Andre Natal, Arthur Rivers, JuanC, Manuel Fernandez Lerma, setillo, Nandi Moreno & Markus Tressl