Archive for March 7th, 2006

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

Car Art, Black Rock City

Tuesday, 7th March 2006 by Alex

Near the site of the previously posted Black Rock City (Burning Man), someone has taken the time to write Jackie’s name with the tracks of their car - and there’s also a heart there for her too. Awww, isn’t it sick-making?

Mind you, at least it’s imaginative - unlike whoever just drew some random squiggles.

Thanks to Hapto and William.

Soviet Tank Graveyard

Tuesday, 7th March 2006 by James

To the North of Afghanistan’s capital Kabul is the “Tank Graveyard“. Here there are hundreds of Soviet tanks, left there since the end of the Soviet war in 1989, slowly rusting away.

Apparently the Taliban used this field for collecting spare tank parts to service the active tanks in the military base just to the East. You can see that the U.S. bombers have destroyed most of the buildings in this base and there are large craters in the surrounding grounds.

Good ground level pics of the graveyard on this Russian page.

Thanks: jher