I was reading some old comments on the site and rediscovered this fabulous swirling water on Lake Powell. However this beautiful sight isn’t quite as innocent as it first seems.

On closer inspection you can identify the boat that’s causing this swirl, and taking a wander around the area turns up another one, followed by a whole flotilla. This initially deserted-looking landscape is in fact overrun with people – none of whom would be here if several environmental organisations had their way.

Lake Powell is actually a man-made reservoir, which was created by the flooding of Glen Canyon with the Colorado River – an engineering feat accomplished and maintained by the controversial Glen Canyon Dam. Despite the obvious possibilities for damage to the area’s ecosystem, Lake Powell is arguably one of the most beautiful lakes in the whole of America, and each year over 2 million people get to see sights like the Rainbow Bridge, which would otherwise be too remote for most of them to reach.

But reducing the amount of people who make it here might not be such a bad thing of course. Quite apart from the tourist presence upsetting the local Navajo (who consider the Rainbow Bridge an important religious site), it seems that the waters of Lake Powell are further eroding the foundations of the Rainbow Bridge.

Thanks to Jen, JDP and Goomerator.

Following on from our elephant and giraffe shadows, here’s the rather excellent shadow of someone riding a horse!

Thanks to Barði.

According to Google Maps this is Stacy Park in Olivette. I’m not entirely sure what that huge expanse of concrete is and the ‘DANGER KEEP OFF’ just adds to the mystery. Surely you can’t read that from the ground? Is it a big roof over something? But over what? Do any of our intrepid readers have an ideas?

Thanks to Lee Forshey.

What’s so interesting about a small street in Manchester? Well if you click through to the full view you’ll see that this little cobbled street is slap bang in the middle of television studios. Yup, it’s Britain’s most famous fictional street, Coronation Street.

The longest running soap on UK telly has been going since 1960, and is set in the fictional ‘Weatherfield’, which would be part of Greater Manchester. Those who follow the soap will recognise The Rover’s Return to the West, the corner shop to the East and Baldwin’s factory just South of the street.

Britain’s most famous fictional square is no doubt Albert Square – home to Eastenders, the BBC’s main soap. Albert Square is supposedly located in the fictional London east end borough of Walford, but in reality is 17 miles away at Elstree studios, Borehamwood.

The BBC host a map of the square so you can easily pick or the Queen Vic and the market stalls. As the episodes are sometimes filmed 6 weeks in advance, the crew has to dress up the set to appear as a different time of year – which is quite difficult with the “real” park in the square’s centre. Supposedly, during spring shootings it’s someone’s job to stick leaves on the trees so that it looks like summer

Thanks: Scotto, Peter Bindon, John Seddon & John Seddon (again)

The simian messiah has been found! Twice! All hail our mighty primate overlords.

Thanks to Sebastian ‘BuzzDee’ and Cecco.