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Top 10 Sports on Google Earth

With high-resolution images all over the globe, Google Earth has captured many sporting events actually in-progress, so today we proudly present - The Top 10 different sports you can actually see people playing on Google Earth! As a bonus, we've…

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Tuesday, 13th February 2007

World’s Largest Spermatozoa

Yes people, this pair of spermatozoon spermatozoa are each nearly half a mile long! At least, I think they're sperm cells hugely magnified - it's that or some sort of crazy elongated guitar art? Thanks to James Bonnette

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Friday, 9th February 2007

Majesty of the Seas

Most driveways around the world are reserved for parking the family car, but 58 year old ex-coal miner Francois Zanella uses his driveway to park his personal home-made cruise ship. The ship is a 1/8th reproduction of the Royal Caribbean…

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Monday, 5th February 2007

Groundhog Day

Today is Groundhog Day, a North American festival which reckons that: "if a groundhog emerges from its burrow on this day and fails to see its shadow because the weather is cloudy, winter will soon end. If the groundhog sees…

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Saturday, 3rd February 2007

Groundhog Day

Today is Groundhog Day, a North American festival which reckons that: "if a groundhog emerges from its burrow on this day and fails to see its shadow because the weather is cloudy, winter will soon end. If the groundhog sees…

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Friday, 2nd February 2007

Mystery Plane Crash

Deep in the Mojave desert, there's some sort of aircraft which looks as if it crashed and was left to rot. So how did it come to be here? There's a military airfield to the east, Camp Wilson, so it's…

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Friday, 26th January 2007

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.

Like this site? We published a photo book of the best entries, you should buy a copy.