California

Border Crossing, San Diego

This is the border crossing between San Diego and Tijuana. You can see a couple of cars going South on I-5 on the left and multiple lanes of waiting vehicles going north. Thanks: Dan Wood

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Wednesday, 20th April 2005

Pixel Fields

This is an awful lot of fields... scroll around for a bit - there's thousands! And from all the way up here, it looks like some sort of cool pixel-art. Which might perhaps explain why the farmers chose Pac-Man as…

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Tuesday, 19th April 2005

Angel Stadium, Anaheim

It looks like they're set up for some Motocross Mayhem in the Angel Stadium, Anaheim. Thanks: Patrick Gunderson

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Monday, 18th April 2005

Sign Hill, SF

In 1923, the words "South San Francisco the Industrial City" were painted on Sign Hill (It presumably had a different name before that) and five years later, the 60 foot letters were put into cement. Thanks: JoeM & others.

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Saturday, 16th April 2005

Submarines and Aircraft Carriers

I didn't expect submarines to be found easily, but we've actually had quite a few. The first is in Point Loma peninsula in San Diego Harbor, CA. Directly in the centre of that map, next to the dock, is a…

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Saturday, 16th April 2005

Castro Street Fair, SF

Castro Street is a street in San Francisco, California. Between Market Street and about 20th Street, it is at the heart of that city's gay village. When this shot was taken the Castro Street fair was on - you can…

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Friday, 15th April 2005

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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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