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More Scotch Tape

Monday, 25th July 2005 by

Remember our giant piece of Scotch Tape holding Canada together? Well our ever-helpful readers have since turned up several more pieces of this gargantuan sticky-tape… Firstly we have this enormous length of tape, which is actually holding Ghana and Ivory Coast together. Not high-resolution on this one, but at the eastern end the tape fades out rather prettily into some lovely clouds. Next up is this semi-transparent tape stitching a…

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Leptis Magna

The spectacular Leptis Magna is an exceptionally well-preserved Roman city on the coast of Libya which has a history dating…

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One of many ancient roman cities in West Tripoli, Libya features an impressive amphitheatre. Much of this city, which is…

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This is the port of Tripoli in Libya, which appears to have a leaky tanker or two… Yuk! Thanks to…

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This is Waw an Namus, a 1200 metre extinct volcano in the Sahara desert, Libya. The volcano itself is surrounded…

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Remember our giant piece of Scotch Tape holding Canada together? Well our ever-helpful readers have since turned up several more…

The Richat Structure

The Richat Structure in central Mauritania is a stunning geological structure 50 kilometres across (Wikipedia entry). Once thought to be…

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