Today is the 25 year anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster, so we’re taking another look back at the high-resolution imagery of the whole area that Google uploaded for the 20th anniversary of the events of 26 April 1986. In our…

The term "blue hole" is given to sinkholes filled with water where the entrance is below the surface; but they are perhaps more accurately described as "vertical caves". These caves were formed through normal erosion until the end of the…

Unbelievably (for us at least) today is the sixth anniversary of the the first ever post on Google Sightseeing, which was an aerial view of a MIckey Mouse-shaped lake at Disney World, Florida1. We’re very glad to still be here,…

In the early Summer of 2009, England's annual crop art season got underway in spectacular fashion with one of the most impressive creations ever to grace a Barley field - a gargantuan 250m long, 60m wide Jellyfish that appeared one…

Back in 2005, when Google Sightseeing was brand new, we were desperate for Google to add aerial images of Manchester and catch a glimpse of the UK's tallest sculpture, B of the Bang. It's now six years since the unveiling,…

In Post Alley, Seattle, there is a brick wall that has become one of the most bizarre tourist destinations we've ever encountered - and here on Google Sightseeing we've encountered some really bizarre ones. Post Alley happens to be where…