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Taal (Volcano Week 3)

Taal Volcano is another active stratovolcano, this time on the island of Luzon in the Philippines, and at only 406 metres, it is known as the world’s smallest volcano. Actually Taal's crater has a lake in…

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Friday, 17th October 2008

The Boiling Seas of Hawaii (Volcano Week 3)

It’s Volcano Week 3 here at GSS, which explains why our posts over the course of this week have been mostly volcano related. Kīlauea on the island of Hawaiʻi is often considered to be the world's…

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Thursday, 16th October 2008

Mount Tambora (Volcano Week 3)

It’s Volcano Week 3 here at GSS, which explains why all of our posts over the course of the week are very likely to be volcano related. Mount Tambora is an active volcano on the island…

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Monday, 13th October 2008

Volcano Week 3

Continuing where 2005’s Volcano Day and 2006’s Volcano Day 2 left off, we'll be exclusively posting volcano-related sights this week as part of Volcano Week 3!1 We've got loads of great volcanoes lined up for the…

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Monday, 13th October 2008

Desert Week Roundup

And so, we come to end of our first ever desert week. It turns out that we only featured two actual deserts over the week, and we even failed to mention the world's largest desert! Despite…

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Saturday, 21st June 2008

Takeover Week: Mactan Shrine (Eugene Villar)

Welcome to day three of Google Sightseeing Reader Takeover Week! Every day this week, one of you has been chosen to have their very own sight posted here on GSS, while Alex and James take a…

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Wednesday, 11th July 2007

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