Search Results for 'island'

World’s Biggest Passenger Ships

In the past few years the competition has been hotting up to build the world's largest passenger vessels, resulting in huge craft which would dwarf ships like RMS Titanic. Today we're going to take a look…

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Monday, 21st January 2008

Google Sightseeing 2007 Awards

As 2007 draws to a close we present our choices for the best posts of the year. Best Mystery There were numerous contenders for the most confusing or bizarre images, but our pick is the Mystery…

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Monday, 31st December 2007

The Needles

Off the west coast of the Isle of Wight, England, stand the unmistakable white chalk stacks known as The Needles. Whilst there's not a lot needle-like about them anymore (photo), The Needles were originally named for…

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Wednesday, 12th December 2007

Art, Or Freaky Coincidence?

We get lots of submissions from people who claim to be able to see faces, animals or even aliens in the natural landscapes of Google Earth, but often the images are so open to interpretation that…

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Monday, 10th December 2007

Snowball

It's that time of year again: December has sneaked up on us, Christmas is on its way and we're now definitely into winter time. But as climate chaos threatens our future, it also reduces the possibility…

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Tuesday, 4th December 2007

Oceanic Flight 815

No-one could deny that it’s got more and more stupid with each passing episode, but somehow many of us are still hooked on Lost1, the TV show about large group of good-looking people stuck on a…

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Tuesday, 20th November 2007

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