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Sightseeing placemarks that don't fit into any of the other sightseeing categories. |
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 | Mount Washington is the highest peak in the northeastern U.S. with an elevation of 6,288'. It is located in the heart of the White Mountain National Forest. The mountain boasts about some of the world's most severe weather and retains the world record for recorded wind speed at 231 mph. |  | 01/23/2007 | 337 | 
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 | One of several water tanks and balancing reservoirs built as part of a massive engineering project to improve water supply between North Wales and Liverpool. Norton Water Tank is one feature of a water supply system that includes the Vyrnwy Dam and aqueduct. At 650,000 gallons capacity, it is not the largest of the works -- that honour goes to the tank at Malpas, which can contain 4.5 million g... | | 01/21/2007 | 235 |
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 | 45 Steel grain bins all in one row on a farmplace in Montana. | | 01/20/2007 | 276 |
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 | Kilroot Power Station is owned by AES Corporation and is the only remaining coal fired power station in Northern Ireland and provides about one third of electricity supplies for Northern Ireland. | | 01/18/2007 | 244 |
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 | Arching 87 feet in length and rising 18 feet above the ground, the blue whale skeleton at the Seymour Center is a sight to behold. |  | 01/17/2007 | 961 |
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 | Numerous wind turbines on the area known as the Buffalo Ridge. Some of these wind turbines are the largest ones manufactured in the United States. These wind turbines stand 257' high and weigh 196,000 pounds. Each wind turbine has 3 blades with a rotor diameter of 157' and can supply the annual electricity needs of 250 homes. |  | 01/17/2007 | 416 |
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 | This elevated square offers a wonderful sighteeing of Florence. | | 01/15/2007 | 225 |
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 | Halewood was famous for making the Ford Escort. Halewood now makes the Jaguar X-Type and Land Rover Freelander 2 | | 01/11/2007 | 273 |
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 | Pivot irrigation (watering from a central source) has caused these green circles of foliage in brown (dry) areas to the southwest of Mount Gambier, South Australia. | | 01/09/2007 | 167 |
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 | Scarborough Renaissance Festival is a medieval era fair in North Texas that runs from early April to Memorial Day Weekend. | | 01/09/2007 | 174 |
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 | Is this a man made oasis? And what are those lines extending outwards from it. And what's with the purple circle. Is that water? Interesting structure nonetheless, especially since its in the middle of the Australian outback. | | 01/01/2007 | 262 |
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 | Utah, desert: Transparent construction, open at the top, a car(?) inside, rather high... but what is it? |  | 12/29/2006 | 679 |
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 | Contractors site in oil fields in Kazakhstan. It is in the
middle of nowhere but is very unusual in design. Housed about
9,500 people in the "Domes"
urther south would be the SGP oil refinery - The largest in the world.
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 | In former times, Yumenguan Pass (Jade Gate Pass) was called Small Square City. Why was its name changed? There is an interesting story about Yumenguan Pass that answers this question.
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 | World's first runway for extraterrestrial cultures.
The two roundabouts connecting the municipality Houten with the A27 highway and their connecting road have been transformed into a runway for extraterrestrial cultures. The one roundabout is a UFO landing platform, a lighted smooth tar plate decorated with a giant letter U. On the other roundabout a control tower, which signals ... | | 12/22/2006 | 355 |
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 | This looks like somme kind of fishery or some fishing operation. Oddly hi-res. | | 12/21/2006 | 214 |
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 | South of Franklin, a mile east of Highway 31 on County Road 400S is the grave of Nancy Barnett. And I do mean ON the county road, smack dab in the middle of it. At one time her grave was surrounded by other graves, but a path through the family plot eventually became a road and the other graves were moved. Her son refused to let her grave be disturbed, and at that time it wasnÕt in the way much... | | 12/20/2006 | 350 |
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 | In Dover along Rt 15 just south of Mt. Pleasant Rd , at the Armory this patriotic painted tank can bee seen. | | 12/19/2006 | 200 |
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 | This one is for all the U2 fans like me!
I started this project one year ago, but I had to restart twice due to some HD problems. Now I am working on this project using a different classification of the venues in order to achieve the result faster. The first Tour is Vertigo, but I'll upload newer versions of the files with other ones, going backwards in the years, so the next one will be... | | 12/17/2006 | 231 |
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 | Hello boys and girls. Ready to find some toys? Santa has hidden a treasure trove of presents somewhere in Google Earth (actually, it was a few of his elves, but you get the idea) . Every day from December 12th until Christmas Eve, a clue will appear outside Santa's North Pole workshop which, if you can solve it, will lead you to a toy hidden in a Google Earth satellite image. And every day, the... | | 12/16/2006 | 542 |
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 | This appears to be an abandonded settlement in the Chinese Desert. Try zooming out a bit and looking for more little black dots, chances are these will be more settlemnts. A really good on is at 32°34'31.50"N 82°41'35.02"E. |  | 12/16/2006 | 184 |
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 | I've found this 8 holes in chinese desert.
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 | 10 chimneys near Da Qaidam Zhen in qinhai desert in China. | | 12/16/2006 | 245 |
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 | Kythnos Island Energy Timeline:
1982 - Installation of the first wind park in Europe (5 x 20 kW);
1983 - Installation of a 100 kW PV system with battery storage;
1989 - Exchange of the wind turbines (5 x 33 kW);
1992 - Installation of a new grid-connected inverter for the PV system;
1998 - Installation of the 500 kW wind turbine;
2000 - Operation of th... |  | 12/16/2006 | 208 |
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 | Armed SA-2 Missile Site at Dalian | | 12/16/2006 | 264 |
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