Ilamatepec

This is Ilamatepec, the Santa Ana Volcano in El Salvador which erupted at the beginning of the month. It hadn't previously erupted since 1904, and there were reports of lava rocks the size of cars, and villagers fleeing from a…

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Thursday, 20th October 2005

Roadrunner Lake Resort

Just outside of Scottsdale, Arizona, lies this totally bizarre little patch of buildings. Sitting isolated out in the desert, these structures are packed into perfectly regular square... and as far as I can see, for absolutely no good reason -…

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Wednesday, 19th October 2005

Bear Lake Radio Telescope

This is the Bear Lake Radio Telescope outside of Moscow, and for such a big thing it was incredibly hard to track down any information about it. Initially I had no idea what it was called, but after some extensive…

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Wednesday, 19th October 2005

Post-It

Well this is getting ridiculous... First we had drawing-pins, then scotch tape, and then even more scotch tape. And now? A giant post-it note in Thailand. Told you it was ridiculous. Thanks to DC.

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Tuesday, 18th October 2005

Fame

When we started this site back and April (and were immediately overwhelmed with the huge amount of interest we received), we joked about getting boingboinged, although we never imagined that it would really happen. However, after 6 months and over…

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Monday, 17th October 2005

Brazilian Supertanker

Here's a totally awesome image of an enormous supertanker speeding along just off the coast of Rio de Janeiro. Only ships above 250,000 tonnes are considered true supertankers, and due to their massive size and weight, their stopping distances are…

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Monday, 17th October 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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