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Desert Week 2010

Only one week late, today marks the return of the much-more-interesting-than-it-sounds desert week! If you're unfamiliar with the concept, then prepare yourself for a week of posts based in areas that, er… receive extremely low amounts…

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Monday, 21st June 2010

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…

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Monday, 22nd June 2009

Shiprocked on the Highway to Hell (Desert Week 2)

Welcome to the second annual GSS Desert Week! In time-honoured tradition, we’ll mostly be posting about deserts. For about a week! It appears that snow has fallen in hell! At least it has along "The Devil's…

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Friday, 19th June 2009

Death Valley (Desert Week 2)

Welcome to the second annual GSS Desert Week! In time-honoured tradition, we’ll mostly be posting about deserts. For about a week! Death Valley National Park, part of the greater Mojave Desert, is an expansive 13,630 square…

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Friday, 19th June 2009

Wadi Rum (Desert Week 2)

Welcome to the second annual GSS Desert Week! In time-honoured tradition, we’ll mostly be posting about deserts. For about a week! The beautiful Wadi Rum is a mere 720 square km desert valley located in the…

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Thursday, 18th June 2009

The Osoyoos Desert (Desert Week 2)

Welcome to the second annual GSS Desert Week! In time-honoured tradition, we’ll mostly be posting about deserts. For about a week! While Canada is generally thought of as a land of ice and snow, it is…

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Wednesday, 17th June 2009

Welcome to Google Sightseeing!

Google Sightseeing takes you on a tour of the world as seen from satellite or street views using Google Maps. Our team of authors present weird and wonderful sights as suggested by readers.

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