Florida

Newton’s Rings

Check out these weird coloured rings in Florida (centre of alien activity). Our submitter, Woowoowoo, reckons this is an example of "Newton's Rings". Nope we'd never heard of them either, but fortunately Wikipedia had. 😉

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Friday, 1st July 2005

The SeaWorld Chain

SeaWorld is a chain of theme parks featuring killer whale, sea lion and dolphin shows. When I first read about SeaWorld I was very confused by the fact that "Shamu", the chain's mascot killer whale, manages to appear twice a…

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Wednesday, 29th June 2005

Avborne, MIA

Jay Soffian spotted this large type on the roof of an airplane hanger at Miami International Airport. Apparently Avborne is "one of the largest independent maintenance providers in North America".

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Monday, 13th June 2005

Double Drawbridge

Here's a rather nice double drawbridge near the Fort Lauderdale Beach in Florida. The road itself is Sunrise Boulevard (hehe, we don't have boulevards over here) which sounds like a fake road name if you ask me 😉 Thanks: Thomas…

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Friday, 10th June 2005

Shipwreck, Key Largo

Amongst the Coral Reefs of the John Pennekamp State Park we can see an intentionally sunk 329 foot long military ship. Apparently two such ships, the Coast Guard Cutters DUANE and BIBB, were sunk here in 1987 with open hatchways…

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Friday, 27th May 2005

Open Drawbridge

Here's an open drawbridge in Jacksonville, Florida. Pretty cool, anyone found any more? Thanks: David Fletcher

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Friday, 27th May 2005

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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