Windmills, California

Here's a shot of Large windmill clusters in the Mojave desert, California. Scroll around a bit and you'll see there's lots of them. Also quite cool in the East of this shot there's a collection of what I'm assuming are…

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Wednesday, 13th April 2005

Trippy Triangle

More strangeness scratched into the earth this trippy triangle thing in the desert north of Vegas. Thanks Chris.

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Wednesday, 13th April 2005

B-Bomb!

No, that's not the surface of the moon. It's where the US government has blown-up lots and lots of things at the "Nellis Air Force Bombing and Gunnery Range" in Nevada, just south-west of Area 51. Also, scroll north and…

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Wednesday, 13th April 2005

Cranberry Fields

No, not strawberry fields but a huge amount of Cranberry Fields (or bogs) in Massachusetts. Thanks to "ironcladlou", "Daniel Drucker" and many more.

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Wednesday, 13th April 2005

Planes In Flight Mega-Post

Well it's my own fault really. Since I posted that I hadn't seen any planes in flight, we have been absolutely inundated with submissions proving that I was completely wrong. Glad to hear it, 'cos some of these are really…

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Wednesday, 13th April 2005

Devil’s Tower

Devils Tower is a monolith that rises to a height of 1,267 feet and featured prominently in the Steven Spielberg film Close Encounters of the Third Kind (where it was reproduced in mashed potato). Thanks: xylon, Sally, many others.

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Tuesday, 12th April 2005

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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