Natural Landmarks

The Atacama Desert (Desert Week)

We’re continuing the first annual GSS Desert Week! We’re mostly posting about deserts and it’s lasting about a week! The Atacama Desert is a virtually rainless plateau in Chile, South America. Made up of salt basins, sand and lava flows,…

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Friday, 20th June 2008

The Desert of Maine (Desert Week)

We’re continuing the first annual GSS Desert Week! We’re mostly posting about deserts and it's lasting about a week! The 40 acre Desert of Maine is located in a pine forest near the town of Freeport. Although not a real…

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Thursday, 19th June 2008

The Great Dune of Pyla (Desert Week)

We’re continuing the first annual GSS Desert Week! In time-honoured tradition, we’ll mostly be posting about deserts. For about a week. Whilst not technically a desert, The Great Dune of Pyla (or Pilat), France, is without doubt the largest sand…

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Wednesday, 18th June 2008

Sand Tornado (Desert Week)

We're continuing the first annual GSS Desert Week! In time-honoured tradition, we’ll mostly be posting about deserts. For about a week! The Sahara is probably the world's most famous desert, and covers much of northern Africa. However today we're only…

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Tuesday, 17th June 2008

The Namib Desert (Desert Week)

Welcome to the first annual GSS Desert Week! In time-honoured tradition, we’ll mostly be posting about deserts. For about a week! The Namib Desert in Namibia and Angola forms part of the Namib-Naukluft National Park, and covers an area of…

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Monday, 16th June 2008

Arches National Park

The Arches National Park in Utah, USA, is an area of unique geological formations, most famous for the huge abundance of naturally formed sandstone arches, of which over 2,000 have been formed due to the gradual erosion of the rock.…

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Friday, 13th June 2008

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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