Watercraft

Qatar Oil Industry

Check out this port in Qatar. Shake says: Is that an oil spill in the water? Because it looks like that tanker is capsizing and some other small boats are trying to push it back. We weren't sure however. Could…

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Thursday, 4th August 2005

Suburban Venices

This is Venice of America, in California. Originally intended to be a copy of its namesake, the rapid development of the the motor-vehicle industry sadly meant that in 1929, barely 24 years since its inception, most of the canals were…

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Wednesday, 3rd August 2005

Leaky Ships

This is the port of Tripoli in Libya, which appears to have a leaky tanker or two... Yuk! Thanks to Twombly.

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Monday, 1st August 2005

Extremely Long Jetties

This is the Port Germein jetty. It is an absolutely staggering 1646 metres long (or maybe 1680 metres, depending on who you talk to). You can really see why it needs to be so long though - it extends right…

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Monday, 1st August 2005

Giant Dead Lego Cowboy

Off the Gold Coast in Queensland Australia there looks to be a Giant Dead Lego Cowboy. No need to call the cops though, it's just an inflatable waterplay feature. Thanks: Ricardo Russon, Alex & woowoowoo

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Friday, 29th July 2005

Florida Water Thing

Anyone know what this weird thing in Florida is? It's huge anyway (zoom in all the way), and seems to involve a lot of water... Possibly some sort of power plant maybe? Thanks: Magnus Schmidt

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Monday, 18th July 2005

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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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