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Antique WWII warplanes

There are hundreds of different aircraft "in flight" to be seen on Google Earth, waaaaay too many to post them all here on Google Sightseeing1. But every now and then there's a rare sighting that we feel the need to…

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Wednesday, 30th January 2008

Another Secret Scientology Vault

Outside a ranch home in Creston, CA there's a private racetrack, with a familiar looking symbol. Haven't I seen this before? Ah, yes! That's the super-secret symbol indicating hidden vaults that contain the complete works of late science fiction author…

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Wednesday, 16th January 2008

Expensive car crash

It seems the Street View camera car has a habit of coming across expensive car accidents, and today we see that a white Mercedes E-Class has, rather inexplicably, managed to drive into a tree on a quiet, straight road in…

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Monday, 14th January 2008

Giant Dog Terrorizes Florida Suburb

Aaiieeeee! Run for the hills! There's a Monster Dog on the loose! Apparently our submitter found this mega-pooch while she was looking at real estate listings in the area - but says that she's no longer sure if she wants…

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Thursday, 10th January 2008

Air Force One

Air Force One is the callsign for any aircraft that has the President of the United States on board, most commonly one of two specially adapted Boeing 747s. One of them is seen here in Yuma, Arizona, where the President…

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Wednesday, 9th January 2008

The Googleplex

As part of the December 07 image update Google have updated their own headquarters in Mountain View, California. Compared to the older imagery1 the most obvious difference is that the Googeplex has been absolutely covered in solar panels. Installed in…

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Monday, 17th December 2007

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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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