United Arab Emirates

Laughing into Space

For some unknown reason somebody is carving giant letters 'HA' into a sand bar near Abu Dhabi. The 500m tall water letters are very neat but it's a lot of effort just to laugh into space. Perhaps it's just the…

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Friday, 21st July 2006

Huge Google Earth Update

Google Earth Blog reports that Google Earth has had a huge imagery update with satellite and aerial pics across the globe. The images haven't made their way into Maps yet, so if you click the image below you'll just get…

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Friday, 9th June 2006

Golden Tulip Al Jazira

The Al Jazira Hotel & Resort is located on a man-made 7km private channel between the Emirates of Dubai and Abu Dhabi. From the satellite photo it is clear that the hotel boasts a couple of tennis courts, a helipad,…

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Wednesday, 23rd November 2005

Armed Forces Officers Club, Abu Dhabi

The Armed Forces Officers Club in Abu Dhabi has 120,000 square meter roof constructed from a 3 large concrete shells. My first thought was that it looked a lot like the Olympic Stadium in Montreal so it's no surprise that…

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Sunday, 7th August 2005

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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