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Revisiting Brasília

Thursday, 6th September 2012 by

With this month’s release of brand-new Street View and 45° imagery throughout much of Brazil, we finally get a chance to take an up-close look at the stunning design of Brasília, the metropolis built in 1960 to serve as the new capital of Brazil.

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Revisiting Brasília

With this month’s release of brand-new Street View and 45° imagery throughout much of Brazil, we finally get a chance to take an up-close look at the stunning design of Brasília, the metropolis built in 1960 to serve as the new capital of Brazil.

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Each year during Desert Week, we take you around the world to show you the best sights from the world’s…

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For centuries lighthouses have served as navigation aids, helping protect marine traffic from running aground on dangerous coastlines, rocks and…

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Today, we continue our tour of street-level imagery in places Google Street View hasn’t reached yet! Here are more images from the numerous services that not only offer their own street-level imagery but have beaten Google to the punch in numerous cities around the globe.

Google Amazon View

Today is World Forest Day, and to mark the occasion, Google have launched a stunning update to Street View –…

Spreepark: An abandoned German theme park

Today we continue our sporadic series touring the world’s most interesting abandoned places with Spreepark – an abandoned theme park…

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