Sastrugi

Believe it or not, here's something else to see in Antarctica! They are snow and ice dunes known as 'sastrugi', and are formed on a snow surface by wind erosion and deposition. They differ from sand dunes in that the…

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Wednesday, 27th July 2005

Rotary International Roundabout

What looks like a roundabout in Sao Paulo, Brazil features the logo (and large type) of Rotary International. There's another odd looking roundabout to the east. Thanks: Sight

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Tuesday, 26th July 2005

Downtown Tokyo

I think this is downtown Tokyo. It almost looks like an isometric view because of the angle that the photo was taken at. You often can't tell the height of buildings when looking at them on Maps but this view…

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Tuesday, 26th July 2005

The Salton Sea

This is the Salton Sea an inland 'man-made' salt-lake, located in Southern California. It usually covers a surface area of 974 square kilometres (although it varies a lot), making it the largest lake in California. It was formed in 1905…

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Tuesday, 26th July 2005

Hachiko Square

This is Hachiko Square, the famous "busy pedestrians" road junction in Tokyo where everyone is waiting patiently to cross the road and then surging over. On Google Maps it is the cross roads with the wide white stripes going around…

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Tuesday, 26th July 2005

Antarctica Pixellation

Check out this little bit of pixelly weirdness down in Antarctica, not very high-resolution of course (there's a lot of not-very-much to see down that way I believe), but it means we can finally have an Antarctica category! Thanks to…

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Tuesday, 26th July 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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