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Photos: The best of Google Earth

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  • 40149443-1-googleplex2.jpg

    Around the world, via burning oil fields, topless sunbathers and Area 51...

    Where else to start but above the GooglePlex in Mountain View, California.


    copyright: Google



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    Caption by: Will Sturgeon

  • 40149443-2-swastika2.jpg

    What did you say the architect's name was? A housing development in San Diego, just west of the city centre, across the bay on the North Island.

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  • 40149443-3-hollwood2.jpg

    The Hollywood sign, California, USA.

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  • 40149443-4-sanquentin2.jpg

    The distinctive orange boiler suits of prisoners, clustering in the recreation yard at San Quentin prison, California.

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  • 40149443-5-mancardoor.jpg

    A man in Las Vegas about to open his car door.

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  • 40149443-6-dolphin2.jpg

    Not a shark in the pool of a Bond villain but rather a dolphin in Siegfried and Roy's Secret Garden at the Mirage hotel in Las Vegas.

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  • 40149443-7-areas51-2.jpg

    Nellis Air Force base, Nevada - better known to UFO conspiracy theorists as Area 51. On this image you can clearly make out the multiple runways where planes such as the B2 Stealth Bomber were tested.

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  • 40149443-8-greencircles-2.jpg

    Mysterious green circles in the desert just a few miles from Area 51.

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  • 40149443-9-monumentv2.jpg

    Monument Valley in Arizona, USA

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  • 40149443-10-mscampus2.jpg

    'We know where you live,' says Google to archrival Microsoft. This is Microsoft's headquarters in Redmond.

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  • 40149443-11-empirestate2.jpg

    Leaning towers of Manhattan. The Empire State building appears to be leaning to the left, while a neighbouring building two blocks southwest appears to be leaning to the right.

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  • 40149443-12-trafsquare.jpg

    London's Trafalgar Square, swamped with visitors for an event being staged between the fountains.

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  • 40149443-13-silverstone2.jpg

    Silverstone Grand Prix circuit in Northamptonshire, UK.

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  • 40149443-14-blackpool2.jpg

    Blackpool, one of the most famous seaside resorts in the UK, and the Blackpool Tower, an equally famous landmark. Paris has nothing on it.

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  • 40149443-15-profanity2.jpg

    A farmer mows a profane field between Barnsley and Doncaster in the North of England.

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  • 40149443-16-crops2.jpg

    A more traditional crop pattern, just down the road from the profanity on the previous page - is this the work of aliens or another farmer playing a prank? We think it's probably the latter.

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  • 40149443-17-tower-2.jpg

    Over Tower Bridge and adjacent to the Tower of London is Silicon Towers, home of the silicon.com team.

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  • 40149443-18-dome2.jpg

    Possibly London's most controversial landmark, the Dome which occupies a kink in the Thames as it flows through East London.

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  • 40149443-19-planeuk2.jpg

    An airplane in the skies, southwest of Godalming, Surrey, UK.

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  • 40149443-20-u-boat2.jpg

    A German U-boat on mud flats in Kent, southeast England.

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  • 40149443-21-versaille2.jpg

    The first 'smiley'? The gardens of Versailles, outside Paris, France.

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  • 40149443-22-toplessbather2.jpg

    A topless woman sunbathing in Den Haag, Netherlands.

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  • 40149443-23-pyramids2.jpg

    The pyramids on the outskirts of Cairo. The tourist board may choose to shoot them looking into the desert but Google Earth reveals just how close the sprawling city is to these ancient wonders.

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  • 40149443-24-palm2.jpg

    Palm Island, Dubai

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  • 40149443-25-basra.jpg

    Oil fields burning, south of Basra in Iraq.

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  • 40149443-26-everest2.jpg

    Mount Everest and the Himalayas seen from the outer reaches of the Earth's atmosphere.

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  • 40149443-27-forbidden2.jpg

    The Forbidden City it may be but very few places escape Google Earth's gaze.

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  • 40149443-28-uluru2.jpg

    Uluru, formerly Ayer's Rock, in the Northern Territory, Australia.

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  • 40149443-29-wolfcreek2.jpg

    Wolf Creek meteorite crater, Australia.

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  • 40149443-30-barrierreef2.jpg

    The Great Barrier Reef as it would appear from the outer reaches of our atmosphere.

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  • 40149443-31-teotihuacan2.jpg

    The ancient monuments of Teotihuacan, Mexico.

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  • 40149443-3-hollwood2.jpg
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  • 40149443-5-mancardoor.jpg
  • 40149443-6-dolphin2.jpg
  • 40149443-7-areas51-2.jpg
  • 40149443-8-greencircles-2.jpg
  • 40149443-9-monumentv2.jpg
  • 40149443-10-mscampus2.jpg
  • 40149443-11-empirestate2.jpg
  • 40149443-12-trafsquare.jpg
  • 40149443-13-silverstone2.jpg
  • 40149443-14-blackpool2.jpg
  • 40149443-15-profanity2.jpg
  • 40149443-16-crops2.jpg
  • 40149443-17-tower-2.jpg
  • 40149443-18-dome2.jpg
  • 40149443-19-planeuk2.jpg
  • 40149443-20-u-boat2.jpg
  • 40149443-21-versaille2.jpg
  • 40149443-22-toplessbather2.jpg
  • 40149443-23-pyramids2.jpg
  • 40149443-24-palm2.jpg
  • 40149443-25-basra.jpg
  • 40149443-26-everest2.jpg
  • 40149443-27-forbidden2.jpg
  • 40149443-28-uluru2.jpg
  • 40149443-29-wolfcreek2.jpg
  • 40149443-30-barrierreef2.jpg
  • 40149443-31-teotihuacan2.jpg

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Around the world, via burning oil fields, topless sunbathers and Area 51...

Where else to start but above the GooglePlex in Mountain View, California.


copyright: Google



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Published: November 6, 2006 -- 17:50 GMT (09:50 PST)

Caption by: Will Sturgeon

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