Montmorency Falls

At 83 metres high, the Montmorency Falls in Quebec are 30 metres higher than Niagara Falls. Apparently there are staircases that allow visitors to observe the falls from different vantage points... Not our vantage point though! The falls look absolutely…

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Monday, 25th July 2005

More Scotch Tape

Remember our giant piece of Scotch Tape holding Canada together? Well our ever-helpful readers have since turned up several more pieces of this gargantuan sticky-tape... Firstly we have this enormous length of tape, which is actually holding Ghana and Ivory…

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Monday, 25th July 2005

Powers of Ten

Back in 1977, Charles and Ray Eames made a short movie entitled 'Powers of Ten', which Wikipedia describes like this: It begins with a couple picnicking in a park; the view is that of one meter across. The viewpoint then…

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Friday, 22nd July 2005

The Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel

Here's the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel, because it's been a while since we had a bridge. Er, I mean tunnel... no, wait, two bridges! Or is that two tunnels? Frick. The Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel is a combination of two bridges and…

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Wednesday, 20th July 2005

Inverted North Korea

Check out this weird section of image that woowoowoo found in North Korea. He said: Somehow a whole chunk of data has inverted colours - taken into Photoshop and inverted, it looks much more correct. In our first thumbnail you…

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Wednesday, 20th July 2005

The Richat Structure

The Richat Structure in central Mauritania is a stunning geological structure 50 kilometres across (Wikipedia entry). Once thought to be an impact crater, it is actually a sedimentary formation that has eroded flat over many eons. Apparently there's a hotel…

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Tuesday, 19th July 2005

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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