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The Crystal Palace

The Crystal Palace was a huge iron and glass building originally erected in Hyde Park to house the Great Exhibition of 1851 (photo tour). After the exhibition the building was moved to Upper Norwood where it stood from 1854 until…

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Thursday, 24th August 2006

9 (Possible) Traffic Accidents

This feels a little like ambulance chasing, so in no particular order, here are 9 (possible) traffic accidents. 1. Highway A13 just north of Rotterdam (there’s a couple of vehicles on the hard shoulder, and traffic is backed up for…

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Tuesday, 25th July 2006

Flying Road

Tired of planes in flight? School buses in flight not unusual enough for you? Well, soaring over cars and houses here in Elstree, London, there’s a section of ghostly flying road! Bet you haven’t seen one of them before! Thanks…

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Friday, 16th June 2006

Flying doughnut

Somewhere off the east coast of England the alien army are preparing their assault on mankind, using giant doughnut warships. Thanks: Steve Wrona

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Friday, 16th June 2006

AWACS

Today we’re looking at E-3 Sentry AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System) planes – they’re really just Boeing 707s with a 9.1m diameter rotating radar strapped onto the back, which provides airborne surveillance and battle management. Starting in Britain there’s…

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Thursday, 8th June 2006

Santa Pod Raceway

Santa Pod is Europe’s first permanent drag racing venue, and this aerial photo was taken on a race day. This site us a disused WW2 American Air base once called RAF Podington and it was here that Sammy Miller set…

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Monday, 5th June 2006

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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Mystery Sand Formation (Desert Week 2011)

For our first post of Desert Week 2011, we’re travelling to the Grand Erg Oriental, or ‘Great Eastern Sand Sea’…

Desert Week 2011

As is customary, the “much-more-interesting-than-it-sounds” desert week is one week late again this year! However, our writers have been touring…

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…

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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