Crowds

Trafalgar Square Crowd

Man, there's a whole heap of people in Trafalgar Square since the latest image update. Does anyone know what they're all doing? Update: dda worked it out - this is the 29th of January 2006, and we're seeing several thousand…

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Wednesday, 4th October 2006

Illegal Aliens Busted

No, not that kind of aliens! Just on the American side of the U.S. and Mexico border there's 5 police cars who appear to have pulled over a truckful of illegal immigrants. Almost a million illegal immigrants make it over…

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Wednesday, 27th September 2006

Topless Sunbathing

Imagine having a quiet afternoon's topless sunbathing on your private, secluded, back patio - and then one day discovering that your nearly naked body has been posted all over the Internet! Whilst this isn't the first time someone has been…

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Tuesday, 19th September 2006

Floating Brothels

Thanks to this weekend's Google Maps image update, we can now see the whole of the Netherlands in high-resolution. That's everything in the whole country covered. Everything! Including these floating brothels on the river Vecht, Utrecht. This is the infamous…

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Tuesday, 12th September 2006

Gateway of India, Mumbai

Mumbai's most famous monument, the Gateway of India was traditionally the first thing visitors arriving by boat would see of the city. The Gateway is 26 metres high and was built to commemorate the visit of King George V and…

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Thursday, 7th September 2006

Crikey, it’s Stingray City!

We feel sure that the undoubtedly great, and now very sadly late Steve Irwin wouldn't blame the stingray that brought about his untimely demise for a single second. In fact we reckon that Steve probably wouldn't want these normally very…

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Tuesday, 5th September 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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