Arches National Park

The Arches National Park in Utah, USA, is an area of unique geological formations, most famous for the huge abundance of naturally formed sandstone arches, of which over 2,000 have been formed due to the gradual erosion of the rock.…

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Friday, 13th June 2008

The Invisible Street View Car

Prior to the recent Street View update you could pan down on the street view images to see the car which carried the 360° cameras around the cities. However, the most recent update somehow manages to make the car disappear, so…

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Wednesday, 11th June 2008

Loads of new areas for Google Street View

Last week, we celebrated Street View's first anniversary with our Top 10 unseen posts. Google have now joined in the celebrations by adding a massive 37 new areas. All the new areas are still US based, but the update does…

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Wednesday, 11th June 2008

Sky Tower

The 12th tallest member of the World Federation of Great Towers, Auckland's Sky Tower is 328 metres tall (from ground level to the top of the mast), which makes it the tallest free-standing structure in the Southern Hemisphere1. Friend of…

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Tuesday, 10th June 2008

The Sun as a Face

This sparse forest in Denmark bares a uncanny resemblance to a face, could it be just a coincidence? Unfortunately not, as it's man-made. But the face is the work of famous 1800s Danish author Hans Christian Andersen, who originally created…

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Monday, 9th June 2008

World’s Largest Croc

Not reptilian, as you might expect, but rather a ridiculously overpriced, stupidly coloured plastic sandal. A very, very big one. There's not much more to be said about Crocs that hasn't been said already, and yet someone has managed to…

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Friday, 6th June 2008

Welcome to Google Sightseeing!

Google Sightseeing takes you on a tour of the world as seen from satellite or street views using Google Maps. Our team of authors present weird and wonderful sights as suggested by readers.

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