England

The Cerne Abbas Giant

This is the fantastic Cerne Abbas Giant, a 55 metre (180 foot) high chalk figure carved into a hillside near the village of Cerne Abbas, England. In his right hand the giant holds a 36.5 metre long club, and of…

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Wednesday, 13th June 2007

The New Wembley Stadium (Under Construction)

As the image updates that we reported last week have now made it to Google Maps, there's now almost complete coverage of the whole of England, and we've had a ton of great locations submitted. So to kick off we're…

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Monday, 11th June 2007

The Cutty Sark

The Cutty Sark was the last of the extreme clippers, built in 1869 to transport tea from China. Probably the most famous ship in the world, the Cutty Sark was this morning severely damaged by a large fire, which police…

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Monday, 21st May 2007

Synchrotrons

Synchrotrons are just a fancy type of particle accelerator. I'm not the world's greatest physicist but, as far as I understand it, they are circular accelerators that use an electricity field to speed up sub atomic particles to something near…

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Tuesday, 8th May 2007

Keeping Up With The Joneses Part 3 and a Half

Astute readers will point out that we've already had part four of the famous series "Keeping up with the Joneses", but I'm going back to trampolines for the missing part - get ready for the stupidly titled Keeping Up With…

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Tuesday, 24th April 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

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.