Russian Terror Bus

There's something very strange going in Moscow, Russia. It looks as if a bus has come to a stop right across a motorway, bringing traffic to a complete halt in both directions. There doesn't appear to be any debris from…

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Friday, 9th March 2007

Shark Found in Australia!

With all the new imagery of Australia, we were really hoping to find a shark - but we had no idea that the first shark discovered would be quite this big! Creating the shark's eye with a solitary tree was…

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Monday, 5th March 2007

UFO over Utrecht

For once no-one can try to cover up the truth - this is no water tower, no dirt on the lens, and no weather anomaly! Nope, this time we've found a real, actual, honest-to-goodness UFO landing on a building in…

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Friday, 2nd March 2007

Invasion of the Giant Seals

Yes people, there really is an absolutely enormous seal in The Hague, Netherlands. Apparently it belongs to the International Fund for Animal Welfare, and presumably it's designed to so utterly terrify the seal hunters that they're unable to ever again…

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Friday, 2nd March 2007

Image Update February ’07

While we were busy scouring the brand new Australia Day images, we failed to notice that Google have also unleashed an absolute wealth of new imagery for the rest of the world! Here's what's been updated: The entire country of…

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Thursday, 1st March 2007

NRMA Motorfest ’07

There's some absolutely fantastic looking cars here at the NRMA Motorfest, which was captured in super-high resolution as part of the Australia Day Flyover. The event takes place each Australia Day in Sydney, and is the biggest outdoor display of…

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Thursday, 1st March 2007

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.

Like this site? We published a photo book of the best entries, you should buy a copy.