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Friday, 28th July 2006 by James Turnbull
Lots of the DigitalGlobe satellite photos around the world have small lens flares like this one in Reykjavik which appear to be simply the sun reflecting off a shiny surface – no big deal there. But reader Andrew Grannis brought our attention to this example of one such flare in Cincinnati, which is much larger than any other examples we’ve seen. If this is the result of a reflective object…
With the regular season winding down and the postseason approaching, it is time to conclude our look at some of…
With Major League Baseball having recently paused for its mid-season All Star Game break, this is the first of a…
A quintessential American Icon, covered bridges are in fact a worldwide phenomenon. They can take a variety of forms –…
Once a year, streets all over the world transform into professional racing circuits to play host to some the greatest…
Motorists taking State Route 16 through Licking County, Ohio, could be forgiven for thinking they’ve been at the wheel too…
Unless you’ve been living on the, er, Moon, you can hardly have failed to notice that today1 marks the 40th…
Exactly 20 years ago today, on the 11th February 1990, the anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela was released from a 27-year…
We’ve explored many castles in the past on Google Sightseeing – whether large, illegal or remote – but there are…
The Futuro House is a round, prefabricated house that was designed by Finnish architect Matti Suuronen in 1968. About 100…
Here in the United States somewhere (we think, we haven’t checked), we’ve found this random patch of land that we…
The continuing rollout of 45° “birds eye view” images across the globe1 has now revealed a real-life tragedy. On the…
In a country renowned for its natural beauty, one of the most spectacular landscapes is found along the Trollstigen (Troll’s…
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