Size Matters

This isn't a sight I'm afraid, just a quick update... Has anyone else noticed that Google have finally put a scale on their maps? ๐Ÿ˜€ Update: Yup, sorry it appears I missed the boat. There's an article over on Scavengeroogle…

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Tuesday, 19th July 2005

‘Net Jesus Red’

Some large type. 'Net Jesus Red' is seen here written on the side of a hill in Pretoria, the administrative capital of South Africa. I assume the language is Afrikaans, but unfortunately none of the online tools I could find…

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Tuesday, 19th July 2005

Transamerica Pyramid

At first San Francisco's Transamerica Pyramid doesn't look that impressive.. at least until you catch sight of the massive pointed shadow extending north-east. Wow. Standing at 260 meters, it must be really something from the ground! (Official site, Wikipedia entry)…

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Monday, 18th July 2005

Florida Water Thing

Anyone know what this weird thing in Florida is? It's huge anyway (zoom in all the way), and seems to involve a lot of water... Possibly some sort of power plant maybe? Thanks: Magnus Schmidt

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Monday, 18th July 2005

More Shipwrecks

Here's one in Saint Lawrence bay, Quebec... ...a beached wreck off the Washington coast... ...and finally a super-cool submerged ship in the river Clyde, near Glasgow! (it's great posting Scottish things ๐Ÿ˜€ ) Thanks to Jacob, Jonny, troy, DDA, Jonathan…

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Monday, 18th July 2005

Ship Graveyard

Update: Turns out that this is actually just an image glitch, thanks to everyone who helped clear that up. Still cool though ๐Ÿ˜‰ Check out this fantastic image of half-sunk ships in Greece. Spooky! Props to Mike for this little…

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Friday, 15th 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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