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Volcano Week 4

It makes the team here at GSS feel positively web-ancient, but today sees the return of our very-long-running series Volcano Week! Now in its fifth year1 Volcano Week2 is devoted to sights created by the process of molten rock, mud,…

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Monday, 27th July 2009

Desert Week 2 Roundup

Despite having again failed to post the world’s largest desert we feel the second annual GSS Desert Week has been a resounding success! The places we visited were: UTA Flight 772 Memorial Desert Dome The Osoyoos Desert Wadi Rum Death…

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Monday, 22nd June 2009

Desert Week 2

Following on from the resounding success1 of 2008′s first annual Google Sightseeing Desert Week, this week we’re running with the theme all over again, astoundingly, exactly a year since last time! We’ve got a plethora of desert-related posts planned for…

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Monday, 15th June 2009

Four New Writers for our Fourth Birthday!

You might remember that a few weeks ago we solicited applications for some new writers to join the team here at Google Sightseeing. Well, we were absolutely overwhelmed by the response, but we’re finally ready to announce the names of…

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Tuesday, 7th April 2009

Sightseeing Help Wanted

FINAL UPDATE: We’ve now found enough writers and aren’t looking for any more submissions at this time. However we will post another post in the future if we should require any more help! Google Sightseeing has been running since April…

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Wednesday, 25th February 2009

Twittering

Judging by the number of new followers we have, it appears that this has been the week that Twitter finally hit the mainstream, so we thought we’d post another roundup of the best Street View sights we’ve posted to the…

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Friday, 6th February 2009
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Best of Google Sightseeing

The Morganza Spillway – Spring Flooding Special

The Morganza Spillway is a flood management system on the Mississippi River in Louisiana, intended to protect the cities of…

Very Large Christs

Back to his very origins, humans have chosen to worship physical representations of their deities. Currently the most popular religion…

Shipwrecks of Aden

For centuries, the port of [Aden][w] has served as Yemen’s gateway to the the world. Its distinctive double harbour lies in the crater of an extinct volcano. Over the years, a number of wrecked ships have accumulated in Aden’s harbour, many of which are visible in Google Maps imagery.

Lesotho: Kingdom in the Sky

Lesotho is one of the most unique countries on the planet. It’s the southernmost landlocked country, the largest country that’s entirely surrounded by another country, and the highest country on Earth. Yet, it doesn’t really show up on too many people’s radar. With the arrival of Google Street View imagery this month to Lesotho, it’s time to shed some light on the world’s largest enclave.

Rozenburg Wind Wall

The Netherlands is renowned for being a very flat1 and windy country. In the western town of Rozenburg the strong…

Recent Comments

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