Archive for September 27th, 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

Illegal Aliens Busted

Wednesday, 27th September 2006 by James

No, not that kind of aliens! Just on the American side of the U.S. and Mexico border there’s 5 police cars who appear to have pulled over a truckful of illegal immigrants.

Almost a million illegal immigrants make it over each year and most become agricultural laborers, making up 45% of the workforce.

Wikipedia: United States–Mexico Border

Thanks: Sherwin Vischer

Warped Plane

by Alex

This passenger jet over Newark, California, has become very strangely warped.

warped-plane.jpg

I think this is something to do with the angles involved between the plane, the earth and the satellite, but trying to figure it out is making my head hurt! Can any of our loyal readers give us a decent explanation?

Thanks to Dawn Endico.