California

Funerals

With the continually increasing quality of images on Google Maps/Earth, it’s hardly surprising that the cameras are capturing ever more private moments of people’s lives. Perhaps then it was only a matter of time before the very end of someone’s…

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Tuesday, 10th October 2006

ICP

ICP, a crew of graffiti artists in the San Francisco area, have tagged up this roof and thanks to the passing photography plane have gained more exposure than they probably expected. My initial worries that the tag was related to…

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Friday, 6th October 2006

Illegal Aliens Busted

No, not that kind of aliens! Just on the American side of the U.S. and Mexico border there’s 5 police cars who appear to have pulled over a truckful of illegal immigrants. Almost a million illegal immigrants make it over…

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Wednesday, 27th September 2006

Warped Plane

This passenger jet over Newark, California, has become very strangely warped. I think this is something to do with the angles involved between the plane, the earth and the satellite, but trying to figure it out is making my head…

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Wednesday, 27th September 2006

Marching Marines

Could these tiny white dots actually by the heads of 5 marines marching through the Californian desert in single file formation? Quite possible I suppose as we’re near the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms (yes I realise…

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Thursday, 20th July 2006

Tehachapi Loop

The Tehachapi Loop is a railway line through the Tehachapi Mountains in south central California, connecting the San Joaquin Valley to Los Angeles via the Antelope Valley. In its day it was hailed as one of the greatest engineering feats…

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Monday, 3rd July 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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Best of Google Sightseeing

The Morganza Spillway – Spring Flooding Special

The Morganza Spillway is a flood management system on the Mississippi River in Louisiana, intended to protect the cities of…

Very Large Christs

Back to his very origins, humans have chosen to worship physical representations of their deities. Currently the most popular religion…

Shipwrecks of Aden

For centuries, the port of [Aden][w] has served as Yemen’s gateway to the the world. Its distinctive double harbour lies in the crater of an extinct volcano. Over the years, a number of wrecked ships have accumulated in Aden’s harbour, many of which are visible in Google Maps imagery.

Lesotho: Kingdom in the Sky

Lesotho is one of the most unique countries on the planet. It’s the southernmost landlocked country, the largest country that’s entirely surrounded by another country, and the highest country on Earth. Yet, it doesn’t really show up on too many people’s radar. With the arrival of Google Street View imagery this month to Lesotho, it’s time to shed some light on the world’s largest enclave.

Rozenburg Wind Wall

The Netherlands is renowned for being a very flat1 and windy country. In the western town of Rozenburg the strong…

Recent Comments

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