Area 5

"Area 5" is part of the Nevada Test Site where, along with other more famous areas, America has for decades tested various underground nukes, bombs and maybe even alien spacecraft. A large part of Area 5 is used as storage…

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Friday, 27th April 2007

Feeding Frenzy

At first glance this might appear to be a a blurry cloud above the ocean but it is in fact hundreds of seabirds feeding on fish! News of the feast has spread fast, and you can see more birds approaching…

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Wednesday, 25th April 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

Bucket-Wheel Excavators

Continuing this week's theme of mining, today we're visiting Germany's lignite mining area to find some of the largest land vehicles on Earth! Lignite (or "brown coal") is found in 3 nearby open cast mines in the Rhineland; Hambach, Bergheim…

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Thursday, 19th April 2007

Rocket Powered Car!

Remember how excited everybody got when we thought Australians were all driving flying cars? Well here in Arkansas, blazing down the I-30 towards Little Rock, we find . . . a Rocket-Powered Car! This couldn't be anything other than some…

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Friday, 13th April 2007

Big Fish

Leaping out of the back of someone's house is a gigantic Bass fish. The record for the world's largest Bass fish ever caught was set way back in 1932, when a George W. Perry caught a 22lb, 4oz largemouth, which…

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Wednesday, 11th April 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.

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