Watercraft

More Shipwrecks

Here's one in Saint Lawrence bay, Quebec... ...a beached wreck off the Washington coast... ...and finally a super-cool submerged ship in the river Clyde, near Glasgow! (it's great posting Scottish things 😀 ) Thanks to Jacob, Jonny, troy, DDA, Jonathan…

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Monday, 18th July 2005

Ship Graveyard

Update: Turns out that this is actually just an image glitch, thanks to everyone who helped clear that up. Still cool though 😉 Check out this fantastic image of half-sunk ships in Greece. Spooky! Props to Mike for this little…

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Friday, 15th July 2005

Shipwreck!

This is the hulking, rusted remains of some sort of large ship off the coast of South Africa... a few hundred miles up the coast from here is the famous skeleton coast, home to countless shipwrecks. Many thanks to Patrick.…

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Friday, 15th July 2005

Manta Ray?

Is this dark grey triangle off the coast of Rio de Janeiro a giant Manta Ray? They can apparently grow up to 8 metres wide, so if a Manta Ray was swimming near the surface we might be able to…

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Thursday, 14th July 2005

James River Reserve Fleet

Here is the Jmes River Reserve Fleet, much like the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet we spotted previously. It's a collection of really old (and big) ships that are just hanging around with no place to go. Most of them probably…

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Sunday, 10th July 2005

Red Water Weirdness

Update: It seems that this is an artificial kelp reef. However, we're much more interested in the underwater ketchup farming! (Thanks guys 🙂 ) Does anyone know what on earth this weird red stuff is off the coast of Anaheim,…

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Tuesday, 5th July 2005

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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