Here we can see what looks to be an oil tanker refuelling at Teesport near Middlesbrough in the UK. Teesport is the 2nd largest port in the UK and the 10th largest in Western Europe, and also happens to be extremely close to where I grew up! The imagery is surprisingly high resolution, you can make out the pipes going onto the ship and the onboard helipad.

Hartlepool nuclear power station is just to the north across the bay. This place used to freak me out as a child, living so close one of those “scary power stations”. I remember going for a visit with school and standing in the heat of the reactor room in awe.

Thanks: Ben Hall

Caerphilly Castle is the largest castle in Wales and the second largest in Britain after Windsor castle. It is also one of the largest fortresses in Europe and is cunningly surrounded by shallow lakes to slow attackers and prevent tunnelling.

Unlike most of the other castles in Wales Caerphilly was not build by Edward I during his crack down on Welsh resistance. It was instead built in 1271 by Gilbert ‘the Red’ de Clare, a powerful nobleman of Norman descent who was squabbling with another nobleman of Welsh origin, Llywelyn.

Thanks: Tom

Here’s a mystery for a Friday morning – why is there a giant equilateral triangle in the desert near the city of Surprise, Arizona? And why does the city have such a silly name?

It looks to me like it could be an old airfield but it could, of course, be aliens!

Thanks: Craig Simpson

Situated on the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe, this is the jaw-droppingly spectacular Victoria Falls.

The falls are known locally as “the smoke that thunders”, and you can certainly see why! There’s a bungee platform if you’re feeling brave, although this precarious bridge looks scary enough for me. You can also see some people at one of the viewing points at the cliff edge.

These incredible images have made it to Google Local as part of the National Geographic Megaflyover project.

Thanks to Nic for being the first person to submit this since the images got upgraded

At 58 feet long and 928 times the size of an actual termite, Nibbles Woodaway (as he was named in a radio competition) is the world’s largest bug.

The giant creepy crawly is attached to the roof of New England Pest Control and is dressed up in seasonal gear for July 4th, Halloween and Christmas.

Ground-level photos, and more information than you could ever care to read, on Quahog.org.

Thanks: Ron Vogel