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Elusive Submarines

While on holiday we missed the news of a new Chinese nuclear submarine being spotted on Google Earth. Not much is known about the new class of Ballistic Missile Submarine, which is called the Jin-class or Type 094, but the…

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Tuesday, 17th July 2007

Takeover Week: Surfing the Shark (Keir Clarke)

Welcome to day two of Google Sightseeing Reader Takeover Week! Every day this week, one of you has been chosen to have their very own sight posted here on GSS, while Alex and James take a well deserved holiday. Today's…

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Tuesday, 10th July 2007

HMP Weare

In 1997, due to vast overcrowding of the UK's prisons, the HMP Weare was moored at a disused Royal Navy dockyard in Dorest and converted into a prison ship. The ship had started life as a troop ship during the…

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Friday, 22nd June 2007

Giant Man-Shaped Lake

It would seem that someone has spent a lot of time and money to create this lake, in the shape of an extremely happy looking man! I'm not sure what he's got to be so happy about though. I mean,…

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Friday, 15th June 2007

North Dumpling Island

North Dumpling Island is a small piece of land just off the coast of Connecticut and the private residence of Dean Kamen, inventor of the Segway Personal Transporter. Like any good inventor it seems Kamen is a wee bit eccentric,…

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Tuesday, 29th May 2007

Planes Towing Banners

Check out this fantastic capture of a plane towing a banner message past a packed beach in Italy. Here's another plane towing a message off the coast of South Carolina (where there's also a great shot of someone parasailing too).…

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Wednesday, 23rd May 2007

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