The Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao was designed by Frank Gehry of California and is considered by many to be an architectural masterpiece. It looks just as odd from above as it does from the ground.

Thanks: Jason B, Holden Lewis, Roberto, James, dean

As the Google Sightseeing team is based in Edinburgh, this was one of the first places we looked when we found out about Google Maps’ new satellite images. Disappointingly however, they seem to have missed most of Edinburgh when they were choosing high-resolution pictures, in fact Glasgow has also suffered a similar fate!

Fortunately however we can still see the splendid Forth Bridge, complete with a train travelling into Edinburgh. Completed in 1890, it is commonly regarded as an engineering marvel. Just to the west of the rail bridge is the Forth Road Bridge which, while much less impressive than the rail bridge from the ground, has some excellent shadows from up here!

There’s a commonly believed story round these parts that the Forth Rail Bridge requires continual painting; as soon as they finish the job they have to start again at the other side. Apparently it’s not true, but for many years the bridge did have a permanent maintenance crew.

There’s also a tanker anchored in the Firth of Forth, although it’s a bit weird looking at a tanker so near to where I live. I guess somehow I didn’t imagine tankers would be just the same over here…

Thanks to Kerry for pointing me towards this one first, and to the many others who posted it since!

This is Wimbledon, or rather the ‘All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club’ in London, where ‘The Championships’ are currently underway. Play started yesterday and is set to continue for the next two weeks (although sometimes the tournament runs longer if it rains a lot, which isn’t uncommon in these parts…)

Wimbledon is the oldest and most prestigious event in the sport of tennis, and is the third Grand Slam tournament played each year, after the Australian and French Opens, and before the US Open. The tournament is the only one of the Grand Slam events to be played on grass (although in these images the grass is currently covered for protection from the elements).

Our first thumbnail is of the Number One court. Although the angle makes it look oval, it is in fact round. Incidentally, some of you have commented on the increased distortion visible in the imagery of the non U.S. locations; this seems to be because these are true satellite images, and not aerial photography. Thumbnail #2 is of Centre Court where the finals will be played.

There’s lots more about Wimbledon at Wikipedia, and the official site has a good tour of the grounds.

I wonder when Tim Henman will get knocked out this year?

Thanks to neil, Nicholas Moline, Seph, Devin Crowe, Adam S and probably loads of others by now!

The Colosseum (or Coliseum) was built in 72 AD and is 160 ft high with 80 entrances. It held more than 50,000 spectators and was actively used for gladiator fights for 400 years.

The Colosseum obviously featured in Ridley Scott’s Gladiator, although was digitally recreated to its former glory.

Thanks: A whole heap of people called things like John, Jason, Ben, Paul & Jeff

The Millennium Dome is a large dome on the Greenwich peninsula in the Docklands area of London. The dome was built to house a millennium celebration “exhibition” that featured the almost-stolen De Beers Millennium Star diamond and a bunch of other stuff that required a large amount of queuing (from my memory, at least).

Thanks: Ross Young, Greg Askins & Nels N Nelson