Here is a great shot of Miyakejima Satsuma-Iwojima Island off the coast of Japan. It is volcanic in origin and the big volcano is Mount Oyama. This has erupted several times in recent history. A lava flow in 1940 killed…

There isn't much high res imagery in North Korea but in the thin slice that is visible there is a wacking great river. I've counted no less than three hulking dams on this river. They certainly seem to like their…

At 83 metres high, the Montmorency Falls in Quebec are 30 metres higher than Niagara Falls. Apparently there are staircases that allow visitors to observe the falls from different vantage points... Not our vantage point though! The falls look absolutely…

Remember our giant piece of Scotch Tape holding Canada together? Well our ever-helpful readers have since turned up several more pieces of this gargantuan sticky-tape... Firstly we have this enormous length of tape, which is actually holding Ghana and Ivory…

Built into the side of Capital Hill, Canberra is Australia's Parliament house. During construction more that 100,000 truckloads of earth was moved, although much of it was put back on top of many of the offices. In the centre of…

Google have added yet more features to Google Maps :). There is now a new 'Hybrid' button on the maps interface that gives you the satellite imagery with the roads and place names overlaid. Pretty neat! Of course, as we…