So what are we looking at here? Well, it's clearly a bus about to crash into a Roman Amphitheatre. Duh. This is the second largest city in Bulgaria, Plovdiv, which is built around 7 hills. Back in the 70s they…

What's so interesting about a small street in Manchester? Well if you click through to the full view you'll see that this little cobbled street is slap bang in the middle of television studios. Yup, it's Britain's most famous fictional…

Frank over at the Google Earth Blog pointed us to a Giant Football (Soccer Ball for you yanks) in Dortmund, which will be hosting some of the 2006 FIFA World Football semi-finals next month. He suggested it's the world's largest…

Jiuquan Atomic Energy Complex is purportedly used for the manufacture of China's Nuclear weapons. The plant is centred in a small patch of high-resolution satellite photography, but I'm sure those readers who understand Nuclear power plants can tell all sorts…

Rio de Janeiro's location within steep mountains makes it perfect for the sports of hang and paragliders. Here on Pedra Bonita ("Beautiful Rock") is one of over 50 launch ramps in Rio where those who are brave enough leap off…

Parked at Gostomel Airport we find the only completed Antonov An-225 Mriya, which is the world's biggest aircraft! (the American "Spruce Goose" has a larger wingspan, but it only ever flew once, and the Mriya is larger in terms of…