Hadrian’s Wall
When the Romans invaded Britain in the 1st century AD, they never quite managed to conquer Caledonia – the area…
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Installing Google Earth means that you can view all of the sights that we link to in ways that you never even imagined! Fly, zoom, rotate, spin and float over the world’s most spectacular locations and the most fascinating events taking place on it. Explore satellite imagery, maps, terrain, 3D buildings and even the far reaches of the universe with Google Sky.
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New in Google Earth 4.3
- Photo-realistic buildings from cities around the world
- Dawn to dusk views with the Sunlight feature
- Swoop navigation from outer space to street-level
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Sivash: The Rotten Sea
Sivash is the shallow system of lagoons that separates Crimea from mainland Ukraine. Home to large-scale salt deposits, Sivash may just contain the most colourful waters to be found in Google Maps, with ponds of blue, beige and organe readily visible.
Robben Island
Robben Island is a prison island off Capetown, South Africa, best known as the jail where Nelson Mandela was incarcerated…
Top Ten Northernmost Items on Google Maps
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!
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It looks as if our Crazy SCUBA Guys have made a comeback! This time the two Norwegian men have been…
Top 5 Worst Traffic Cities in the World
Nobody likes traffic. The frequent starts and stops just to roll another few feet can grind away at anyone’s mind.…
Top Ten Northernmost Items on Google Maps
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!
Top 5 Worst Traffic Cities in the World
Nobody likes traffic. The frequent starts and stops just to roll another few feet can grind away at anyone’s mind.…
World’s Tallest Lighthouses
For centuries lighthouses have served as navigation aids, helping protect marine traffic from running aground on dangerous coastlines, rocks and…
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