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Tuesday, 26th April 2005 by Alex Turnbull
Well here’s something I didn’t expect to see. Thousands of trees floating in the water as part of a logging operation on Vancouver Island. I think it’s actually a strangely beautiful image (thumbnail #1). However, the whole thing becomes a little scary when you see just how many trees are involved; have a look at the number of logs being processed over in Vancouver (thumbnail #2), and there’s thousands more…
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Okay, okay… It’s a weak link but I couldn’t resist. Troubled water? No? Never mind. Check out this great bridge…
Well here’s something I didn’t expect to see. Thousands of trees floating in the water as part of a logging…
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Here at Google Sightseeing, our obsession with superlatives knows no bounds, whether it be the largest, the smallest, the funniest, or the strangest. Join us as we literally go in another direction with our look at ten items that have the right to be called the northernmost such things on Earth!
Nobody likes traffic. The frequent starts and stops just to roll another few feet can grind away at anyone’s mind.…
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