Just what exactly is this guy up to? Well, I have no idea, but he certainly hasn’t lost his keys…

I wonder how these girls feel about being half naked for all the world to see on Google Street View?

Does anyone know who they are?

Update: I’ve just realised that for most of these Street View sights, you can move down the street a little and change your perspective on things.

Now make sure your children’s eyes are covered, because we’ve found a completely naked Giant Pumpkin on Street View!

Mmmm, pumpkin….

Thanks to Brian.

In the comments on our last post one of our readers posted a link to this, er, revealing billboard advert parked in front of the Bellagio, Las Vegas.

Which of course raises a question about the suitability of these images to be seen by anyone who stumbles across them. On a regular Google search, you’d have to edit your preferences to turn off SafeSearch, but there’s no way to filter the images in Street View. Additionally, these pictures feature real people, their houses, their cars, and their cars’ numberplates. And none of these people gave their permission before these things were posted online.

It turns out Google have clearly though of this already - if you click “Street View Help” in any Street view window, you can read the following message:

Report Inappropriate Image
Google takes concerns about its services very seriously. Please use the link below to report concerns about an inappropriate street view.

Thanks to EAF and Chris DiBona.

If you haven’t yet heard about the Google Maps street view launched yesterday, then make sure to check it out.

Although currently only available in 5 U.S. cities, there’s loads to see on the panorama images and it’s all wrapped up in a very fluid interface.

The first great find is Google employees posing outside their office. Zoom in and you’ll see that many are wielding garden tools and orange flags?

This is Barra Airport, located on the hebridean island of Barra.

Now, I know what you’re thinking, it’s something along the lines of “No, you idiot, that’s a beach!“.

You’re exactly right: Barra airport is the beach. In fact, it’s the only airport in the world where scheduled flights land on a beach.

Of course, that schedule has to change regularly, as the airport’s three runways all become completely unusable during high-tide.

The beach is open to the public, and supposedly good for cockle picking, all you have to do is check at the control tower to see if the airport is currently operational.

More info and ground level pictures here and on Wikipedia

Thanks: Adam Rus & nikitakou

North Dumpling Island is a small piece of land just off the coast of Connecticut and the private residence of Dean Kamen, inventor of the Segway Personal Transporter.

Like any good inventor it seems Kamen is a wee bit eccentric, having declared the island to be an independent state with its own currency (in increments of Pi) and its own navy, consisting solely of the amphibious vehicle we can see parked beside the north-east building.

Although his independence isn’t officially recognised Kamen even signed a non-aggression pact with then-president George H.W. Bush.

Kamen has also erected a replica of Stonehenge to one corner of his island, where I’m guessing he might drive a Segway around the stones, naked and chanting.

Wikipedia Links: North Dumpling Island & Dean Kamen

Thanks: Pat Trainor

At this air base in Jordan we find six C101 jets on the runway, and although they’re not yet flying, they are in formation! These jets are actually Spanish-designed CASA C-101 Aviojets, which are currently in use by the air forces of Jordan, Chile, Honduras, and of course Spain.

C-101s are actually also used by the Spanish aerobatic display team, Patrulla Águila which is based here at the Spanish Air Force Academy, San Javier.

So are these planes part of the display team? Difficult to say, but there’s a lot of them here, so it’s more likely these are just air force pilot training planes.¹

More on the Royal Jordanian Air Force, aerobatics and the CASA C-101 jet at Wikipedia.

Thanks to Ramez Yaghnam and acalorado.