North Dumpling Island

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,…

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Tuesday, 29th May 2007

Planes Taking-off in Formation?

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…

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Friday, 25th May 2007

Angelina Jolie’s Geocache Tattoo

Everything “geo” is so trendy right now that you can’t turn around twice with someone geocoding this or placemarking that. In fact it’s so trendy that even Hollywood actresses are getting in on the act with Angelina Jolie’s latest tattoo…

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Thursday, 24th May 2007

Planes Towing Banners

Check out this fantastic capture of a plane towing a banner message past a packed beach in Italy. Here’s another plane towing a message off the coast of South Carolina (where there’s also a great shot of someone parasailing too).…

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Wednesday, 23rd May 2007

Millennium Bridge, London

The first pedestrian crossing of London’s Thames river in over one hundred years, the Millennium Bridge was conceived as part of the high-profile Millennium Project. Opened on the 10th of June 2000, it was closed again just three days later…

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Tuesday, 22nd May 2007

The Cutty Sark

The Cutty Sark was the last of the extreme clippers, built in 1869 to transport tea from China. Probably the most famous ship in the world, the Cutty Sark was this morning severely damaged by a large fire, which police…

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Monday, 21st May 2007
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Definitely a duck (maybe)

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The continuing rollout of 45° “birds eye view” images across the globe1 has now revealed a real-life tragedy. On the…

Trollstigen (Troll’s path)

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