This is the Avenida 9 de Julio in the centre of Buenos Aires, Argentina. At 127 metres, it is one of the widest streets in the world, with some eighteen lanes of traffic! Unfortunately our thumbnail doesn’t really do it justice – it really is pretty gigantic! The street was named after the date of Argentina’s independence.

Right in the middle of the street stands a 67 metre obelisk marking the heart of Buenos Aires. You can climb to the top too where you’ll find four observation windows – great view I reckon, check out this impressive photo of the Avenue and Obelisk.

Thanks: Eduardo Tabacman, Devin Crowe, Fernando, Juan Francisco De Paula, Osvaldo Miatello, cacafuego, Sergio T, Florencia and Jerry Mills.

Does anyone know what on earth these strange lines are in Argentina? In places it looks like some kind of military bombing practive but then in other areas there are just geometric patterns. Very strange.

Update: So it looks like the grid pattern in the first image is the damage left from doing a seismic survey of the area, probably for oil. The strange network of lines in the second image is just the roads inbetween hundreds of oil wells.

Thanks: Patrick Martin & Dobermann35.