The Big Duck

It's been a long time coming to this site, but finally it's time to visit the *world famous**, Long Island New York Big Duck! Seemingly adored by Long island residents, the Big Duck was built in 1931 by a duck…

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Wednesday, 10th January 2007

Return of the Alien Civilization

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water... it's the Return of the Alien Civilization! If you've been a reader for a while you'll remember the original Alien Civilization post, where people were arguing about…

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Tuesday, 9th January 2007

Events in Google Earth

The cliquey Foo Camp was born out of a joke at O’Reilly that they should create a literal “Foo Bar”. The event is held each year at O’Reilly's headquarters and during the 2006 event (held during August 25-27, 2006) Google…

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Monday, 8th January 2007

Sultan the Pit Pony

Near Ystrad Mynach in south Wales, we find a fantastic 200 metre long earth-sculpture of Sultan the Pit Pony. This is the UK’s largest figurative earth sculpture, and although I'm not sure there's actually much competition for that particular title,…

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Monday, 8th January 2007

The LA Times

It seems that the LA Times has written a very nice article about us! The article is dated the 7th Jan, and as it's currently still the 6th in Los Angeles, we suspect it might well appear in Sunday's print…

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Sunday, 7th January 2007

Unidentified Flying Water Droplet

We've had UFOs and Water Droplets, but never before have we seen an Unidentified Flying Water Droplet! Even if this is just an area of land that Google hasn't got the image for, then what happened? How did the satellite…

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Friday, 5th 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.