Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong

This is brilliant, hundreds of sea-vessels of all shapes and sizes zipping around in Victoria harbour, Hong Kong. Scroll around to see just how many of them there are! Victoria Harbour is one of the busiest ports in the world,…

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Tuesday, 28th June 2005

The Channel Tunnel

The Channel Tunnel (or "Chunnel" as it's often called) is a 23-mile underwater crossing of the English Channel. The trains go underground here, with the train loading terminal just to the west. There's also a large horse etched into the…

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Tuesday, 28th June 2005

Kawasaki Man-Made Island

Updated The Kawasaki Man-Made Island is in the middle of an undersea tunnel between Kisarazu City and Kawasaki City across the Tokyo bay. Apparently they started boring the tunnel from the island towards each side. Thanks: Daryl, Callum, Benet, Alex,…

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Tuesday, 28th June 2005

Desert Farming

Check out these bizarre circles of farmland smack-bang in the middle of the Libyan desert. This unlikely-seeming sight has been made possible by the construction of the Great Man Made River, possibly the largest water transport system ever built, consisting…

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Monday, 27th June 2005

Teotihuacán

This is the ancient city of Teotihuacán, Mexico. Construction of the city began around 300 BC, with the Pyramid of the Sun (shown in our thumbnail) finished by 150 BC. The Pyramid of the sun sits in front of the…

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Monday, 27th June 2005

Gibraltar

Gibraltar is an overseas territory of the United Kingdom on the southern tip of Spain. I visited Gibraltar while on a Spanish holiday a few years back and, just like the rest of the UK, it rained a lot. We'll…

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Monday, 27th June 2005

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.

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