Happy Valentine’s Day!

It's still the 14th of February for another hour in some time zones, so we'd like to wish everyone a Happy Valentine's Day with this heart-shaped swimming pool in Belgium! Yes okay, that's a stretch. In reality the only places…

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Thursday, 15th February 2007

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

Extreme Parking

Parking in the Hague has got so difficult that some people are having to take extreme measures - parking on the side of buildings! This is actually the work of artist Theo van Laar, who has continued the car park…

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Monday, 12th 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

Incan Geoglyphs of Chile

Here in Chile's Atacama Desert, there are many examples of ancient Incan geoglyphs, similar to the Nazca Lines in neighbouring Peru, but spread over a much wider area. In the northern desert the Chiza geoglyphs were made by carefully arranging…

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Thursday, 8th February 2007

Fish Pond

There's an odd fish-shaped clearing in the forest just outside the Dutch city of Ommen. However, even using my best Google searching abilities, I can't find any information on whether or not the clearing is a natural phenomena or a…

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Wednesday, 7th February 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.