Weirdness

Strange Lines In Argentina

Does anyone know what on earth these strange lines are in Argentina? In places it looks like some kind of military bombing practive but then in other areas there are just geometric patterns. Very strange. Update: So it looks like…

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Friday, 19th August 2005

Optical Illusion

This isn’t really an optical illusion, just an image mismatch on highway I-80 between Lincoln and Omaha, Nebraska, but it looks really freaky! It makes my head hurt. Thanks to Michelle, and apologies to Joe, who doesn’t like weirdness.

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Tuesday, 9th August 2005

Weird Blue Square

Another new kind of image weirdness here, with this giant stripy blue square off the coast of Nova Scotia. Very odd. Thanks: Ashley Bouchie

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Wednesday, 3rd August 2005

Suburban Venices

This is Venice of America, in California. Originally intended to be a copy of its namesake, the rapid development of the the motor-vehicle industry sadly meant that in 1929, barely 24 years since its inception, most of the canals were…

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Wednesday, 3rd August 2005

My God, It’s Full Of… Clouds?

An alien monolith perhaps? Or just some rather interesting stitching? Pretty cool looking though Thanks to Kristian.

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Thursday, 28th July 2005

Antarctica Pixellation

Check out this little bit of pixelly weirdness down in Antarctica, not very high-resolution of course (there’s a lot of not-very-much to see down that way I believe), but it means we can finally have an Antarctica category! Thanks to…

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Tuesday, 26th July 2005

Welcome to Google Sightseeing

Google Sightseeing takes you on a tour of the world as seen from satellite, using the free Google Earth program, or Google Maps in your web browser. Our team of authors present weird and wonderful sights as suggested by readers.

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Best of Google Sightseeing

Wow! That’s a LOT of cars!

Check out all of these white cars parked on an airfield in Green Cove Springs, Florida! GSS reader Jon who…

From the ground: the best of Google Street View

In case you hadn’t noticed, it’s Friday! Could there be a better way to celebrate the end of the week…

Only from above: the best of Google Maps

We get so many submissions of weird and wonderful things our readers have found on Google Maps and Google Earth…

Portmeirion & The Prisoner

Portmeirion is a small resort village in North Wales famous for its Italianate architecture, and for being the setting for…

St Petersburg UNESCO World Heritage Site – Part Two: Forts and Fortresses

Continuing our exploration of one of the world’s largest UNESCO World Heritage Sites, we’ll visit some of the structures built…

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