California

Hollywood Bowl Amphitheatre

The Hollywood Bowl is a modern amphitheatre in Hollywood, California. Officialy opened in 1922 it was built on the site of a natural amphitheatre known as the Daisy Dell and is used mostly for music performances. From the Wikipedia entry...…

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Wednesday, 15th June 2005

Combine Harvesters

It's harvest time in the fields near Salinas and most farmers seem to have at least one combine working the land. In one of the fields you can see five combine harvesters - now that's just selfish ๐Ÿ˜€ Thanks: DDA

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Tuesday, 14th June 2005

Hospital Ship

This is the Hospital Ship USNS Mercy (T-AH-19) docked in San Diego, California. Apparently this was the ship that provided a great deal of medical aid to the recent tsunami victims. There's lots more information and good photos available at…

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Friday, 10th June 2005

Giant Plane

We've had loads of planes posted in the comments thread of the Planes In Flight Mega Post, but none as big as this one! Obviously it's just very close to the camera, but still, it's really cool ๐Ÿ˜€ Thanks: Peter…

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Thursday, 9th June 2005

SBC Park

Home to the SF Giants is SBC Park (formerly Pacific Bell Park). On full zoom you can just make out the giant Coke bottle on the east side of the stadium. It's not very clear but there is also a…

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Thursday, 9th June 2005

Fast Freighter

Here's a totally huge freighter off the coast of California. Check out how cool its wake is too! Thanks to Jason for this one ๐Ÿ™‚

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Tuesday, 7th June 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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