We love aircraft noise

Following on from a post earlier this week, where a man was confusing aeroplane passengers flying over his home, today we're in Belgium where a farming company have also been plagued by landing planes. Situated only 2Km from the main…

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Thursday, 9th August 2007

Horrific Multi-Vehicle Accident

This double-decker bus appears to have crashed and then toppled over, actually crushing a car underneath itself! (Look carefully at the roof of the bus and you'll see part of a car protruding.) Worse still, at the same location a…

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Wednesday, 8th August 2007

Welcome to Cleveland

In a classic example of large type on Google Earth, here's a roof where someone has written 'Welcome to Cleveland' in 6-foot-high letters. Usually we'd assume that this was a kind message welcoming air passengers to Ohio's second largest city…

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Tuesday, 7th August 2007

More cities added to Google Street View

Google have just added four more cities to Google Street View, the ground-level 3d panorama addition to Google Maps. The new cities are: San Diego, California Los Angeles, California Houston, Texas Orlando, Florida which, like the original 5 cities of…

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Tuesday, 7th August 2007

Missed the Turn

When it was opened in 2001, Rockingham Motor Speedway was Britain's first purpose built racetrack in almost a hundred years. On the day the Google Earth photograph was taken the stands are all empty, so we can see who sponsors…

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Monday, 6th August 2007

Strategically Positioned Crop Circles

Here's a nice new crop circle we haven't seen before, south of Leeds, England, and handily for drivers who might be fans of crop art, this is right next to the M1 motorway. Funnily enough, the M1 seems to be…

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Saturday, 4th August 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.