Geneva’s Jet d’Eau

At the point where Lake Geneva empties into the Rhone River, you can hardly miss the spectacular Jet d'Eau - a 140 metre jet of water, and officially the world's largest fountain. Two groups of pumps spray an astonishing 500…

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Tuesday, 28th February 2006

Ryugyong Hotel

This is the striking (and huge) Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang, North Korea. It's a 330-metre-tall pyramid-shaped building with 3,000 rooms, and was supposed to have 7 revolving restaurants, except they never actually finished it. Wikipedia says: newspapers estimated the cost…

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Thursday, 23rd February 2006

Beef It Up

Someone has written Beef it up using hay bales in this field near Newport, Wales. Promotion for their other product perhaps? Thanks to matt.

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Wednesday, 22nd February 2006

Oakland Zoo Giraffe

As a follow up to yesterday's fabulous elephant shadow, here's an equally cool giraffe shadow in Oakland zoo! I think these are ace 😀 Thanks to Paul LaVigne and Vladimir Vysotsky.

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Tuesday, 21st February 2006

More Crop Circles

More crop-circles have been found! This time half-way between Leeds and Sheffield, person or beings unknown have decided to create a rather complex star-shaped impression in these crops. Why here? Well, it's right next to the M1 motorway of course!…

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Monday, 20th February 2006

Houston Zoo Elephant

No prizes for identifing this animal in Houston zoo, Texas - it's an elephant! Thanks to Artemis and Dave Garcia.

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Monday, 20th February 2006

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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