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World’s (second) Largest Football?

Frank over at the Google Earth Blog pointed us to a Giant Football (Soccer Ball for you yanks) in Dortmund, which will be hosting some of the 2006 FIFA World Football semi-finals next month. He suggested it's the world's largest…

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Monday, 8th May 2006

Milan Central Station

Milan's Central Station is covered with giant steel canopies, 341 metres long and covering an area of 66,500 square metres, which look amazing from above. Milan's tallest building, the shiny Pirelli Tower is just in front of the station. In…

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Saturday, 29th April 2006

20 Years After Chernobyl

Yesterday was the 20 year anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster, and Google has marked the occasion by providing high-resolution imagery of the whole area. In our thumbnail you can see the concrete sarcophagus which was built to attempt to contain…

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Thursday, 27th April 2006

World’s Largest Cotton Bud

Yes, you heard me right - that's the world's largest cotton swab! (Of course, this is actually a member of the South American Cotton Ball Army in disguise). Thanks to me & Kyle French.

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Tuesday, 25th April 2006

The Integratron

This is... er, the Integratron! What is it? Why, it's an "acoustically perfect tabernacle and energy machine sited on a powerful geomagnetic vortex in the magical Mojave Desert" of course! Okaaaay. Apparently the guy that built it claimed he was…

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Friday, 21st April 2006

Cardington Airship Hangers

The Cardington Airship Hangers were originally built to house the R101 airship which was intended to be used to ferry cargo and passengers from the UK to India in the 1930s. These airships, as you can tell from the size…

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Thursday, 20th April 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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