The Boiling Seas of Hawaii (Volcano Week 3)

It’s Volcano Week 3 here at GSS, which explains why our posts over the course of this week have been mostly volcano related. Kīlauea on the island of Hawaiʻi is often considered to be the world's most active volcano. The…

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Thursday, 16th October 2008

Site News: New Imagery and French Street Views

Rudely interrupting our very important Volcano Week 3, Google have chosen this week to make two significant imagery updates. Firstly, a ton of new satellite and aerial imagery is currently available worldwide in Google Earth. A scavenger hunt for the…

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Wednesday, 15th October 2008

Mount Nyiragongo Destroys Goma (Volcano Week 3)

It’s Volcano Week 3 here at GSS, which explains why all of our posts over the course of the week are very likely to be volcano related. Mount Nyiragongo is an active volcano in the Virunga mountain range which runs…

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Tuesday, 14th October 2008

Volcano Week 3

Continuing where 2005’s Volcano Day and 2006’s Volcano Day 2 left off, we'll be exclusively posting volcano-related sights this week as part of Volcano Week 3!1 We've got loads of great volcanoes lined up for the week, but if you…

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Monday, 13th October 2008

The Bean

This giant shiny artwork in Chicago's Millennium Park is officially called "Cloud Gate" but, as with most public art, everyone knows it by a much more obvious nickname - in this case "The bean". The work of British artist Anish…

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Friday, 10th October 2008

Angelina releases updated Geo-Tattoo

Angelina Jolie was photographed this weekend sporting version 1.1 of her geocache tattoo. The original tattoo was four co-ordinates, each pointing to the birthplace of her existing four children, which we mapped on Google Earth last year. The new additions…

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Tuesday, 7th October 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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