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Follow the Yellow Brick Road…

"We're Not in Kansas Anymore" but we are in the much more magical Fargo, North Dakota where there's a real-life Yellow Brick Road. Originally laid in the 70s for Trollwood Performing Arts School's Wizard of OZ performance the real yellow…

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Wednesday, 1st November 2006

Operation Human Shield

It seems that Trey Parker and Matt Stone may have been more accurate with their parody of the US military in the South Park movie than they probably intended. Terrifyingly, here in Iraq, Google Earth has uncovered that the US…

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Friday, 13th October 2006

ICP

ICP, a crew of graffiti artists in the San Francisco area, have tagged up this roof and thanks to the passing photography plane have gained more exposure than they probably expected. My initial worries that the tag was related to…

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Friday, 6th October 2006

Heathrow Terminal 5

With the recent image updates to central London we can see how they're getting on with the controversial Terminal 5 at Heathrow Airport. The aerial image was taken earlier this year and although there's been some progress they still have…

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Tuesday, 3rd October 2006

Whale and Calf

On the shores of the San Ignacio Lagoon in South Baja California, Mexico, we find a fittingly enormous geoglyph of a female gray whale and her calf. The San Ignacio Lagoon is part of the Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve which is…

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Tuesday, 3rd October 2006

Shaolin Reservoir

Many believe that Shaolin Kung-Fu originated at the world-famous Shaolin Monastery but it is a little known fact that the nearby Shaolin Reservoir, is the true Kung-Fu mecca. OK, I made that up - the monastery is in a low…

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Monday, 2nd October 2006

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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