Mallows Bay on the eastern shore of the Potomac River in Maryland is home to the largest ship graveyard in the Western hemisphere. At first glance – and with no sense of scale – this may appear to be a…

This sight is currently only viewable using the Google Earth application.Usually Google Maps is updated a few days after Google Earth, when this sight will be visible in your web browser. In the meantime, all links will launch in Google…

Yesterday1 was Australia Day, when each January 26th, Australians crack open some beers and toss another shrimp on the barbie to celebrate their arrival on the world’s smallest continent all the way back in 1788. Australia has many wonderful things…

Yes, we’re finally back, and as to be expected, we missed some great Google Earth-related news while we were off. Firstly the story that seems to have sprung up everywhere is (of course) a Street View one. The garage419 site…

Rising from the waters of Oslo Fjord, Norway, is the absolutely incredible Oslo Opera House. Designed to speak of the sheets of ice that formed the fjords of Norway, the huge white slab of angular building could almost be mistaken…

Llyn Brianne is a man made reservoir on the River Towy, west Wales, which was formed by the construction of the UK’s tallest dam, which at around 90m tall is the world’s largest clay core dam. Recently the BBC has…