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Google Sightseeing takes you on 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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Sayano–Shushenskaya

Sayano–Shushenskaya was – until a recent accident – the largest power plant in Russia, and the sixth largest hydroelectric plant…

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Island Week Image Update

Last week was our our third annual Island Week, and we had another fascinating week! This year even more of…

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Airplane Gnomes

Rather than the usual fare of flowerbeds, ponds or garden gnomes, Lloyd “Tud” Krohn decorates his garden with handmade aircraft.…

Airport Emergency Training Locations

As a moderately frequent flyer, I enjoy looking out for fire and emergency training locations at airports. It’s fascinating because,…

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“The Buzzer” speaks! (Voice transmission confirmed at UVB-76)

Regular readers may remember our post from 2009 about a Russian shortwave radio station, UVB-76, that has been emitting a…

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Distilleries of Islay

Fans of single-malt scotch whisky associate single malts from the Isle of Islay in Scotland with bold and peaty flavors.…

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Recent Comments

Recent comments on:
Distilleries of Islay (10 comments)

  1. “Nice dude. Why not try Mount Kinabalu in Sabah Malaysia. Would love to see it. ” buduhpintar
  2. “Interesting! Thanks! ” Wayne
  3. “Bruichladdich have theirs malted somewhere on the mainland, can’t remember where exactly just now. Bowmore and Laphroaig both do some of their malting...” Armin

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The Taj Mahal (or is it?) (9 comments)

  1. “The Bangladesh replica is in Google Earth, but it is hard to find because most descriptions online are vague or inaccurate. Find it here: lat/lng...” GE Buff

Recent comments on:
“The Buzzer” speaks! (Voice transmission confirmed at UVB-76) (15 comments)

  1. “@I Got Nuthin’ – as previously stated, I agree that the accent of the speaker is irrelevant, which is why I deleted it. Thank you for pointing...” Alex Turnbull
  2. “But perhaps labelling of the accent isn’t all that ridiculous to native Russian speakers. As Alex said, several of the articles he checked stated that...” Jacob
  3. “@Jacob OK, I’ll grant you that the word “stereotyping̶ 1; may have been too strong a word, but my point was that any labeling of the...” I Got Nuthin'
  4. “I actually checked against several sources while I was writing the article, and in Russian at least, a Jewish accent is quite recognisable apparently...” Alex Turnbull

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