This is Buckingham Palace in London, England, it’s the Queen’s official English residence and she must be in as the flag is flying. It was originally built in 1703 for the Duke of Buckingham as a large townhouse, and in 1762 it was taken over by King George III, and has been a private residence for the Monarchy ever since. More info at Wikipedia.

There’s tons of people crowded at the palace gates and you can even the guards marching in formation.

Thanks to Sam Quick, Phil Henry, Mark, Matt Seeley, Reagan Blundell, Greg Askins, The Govinator, Florian, Rory, Merk, Andy

Submitter Dee reckons that Gary, Indiana is home to the largest factory on Earth, I can’t verify the fact but I can say that this is one really, really big steel mill (you can scroll around for AGES).

Gary was founded by a Steel Manufacturer and its sportsteams all have steel in the name (Steelheads, Steelcats, etc.). Gary is also the birthplace of Michael and the rest of the Jackson family, whose father worked as a crane operator in the steel mill.

Thanks: Dee

The Sydney Opera House is a distinctly recognisable shell-like building that has become a symbol of the city, if not the whole country. The shells are constructed from 1,056,000 glazed granite tiles which were imported from Sweden and cover over 1000 rooms, including five different theatres. More on the building, as ever, at Wikipedia.

Thanks: Google Blog

Over at the official Google blog is the announcement of Google Local now using the same image database as Google Earth, as well as gaining two extra zoom levels! Of course that means there’s even more cool places which we can visit via satellite sightseeing and perhaps re-visit some older sights with increased clarity.

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