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 | In the little village of Juvre a fence made of whalejaws stands.
It was build in 1772 at the time when a lot of sailors on the island Romo were whalers and took part in the whaning around Greenland.
At that time stones and wood weren't available so they had to use other, unusual, materials. Whalebones.
The fence is preserved and under protection of the Danish Nation... |  | 10/18/2007 | 247 | 
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 | In a once-lost forest in Africa, six animal species new to science have been discovered, members of a two-month expedition now reveal, including a bat, a rodent, two shrews and two frogs.
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 | The defense line of Antwerp consists of 30 fortifications in two rings around the city. This defenceline to defend the city, was build between 1859 and 1914. Together they form a 95 kilometer wide ring around Antwerp. |  | 10/17/2007 | 531 |
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 | This is the Defense line of Amsterdam (in Dutch named Stelling van Amsterdam) is a 135 km long ring of fortifications around Amsterdam, consisting of 42 forts located between 10 to 15 kilometers the centre. | | 10/11/2007 | 307 |
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 | The New Dutch Waterline reaches from the Zuiderzee to the Biesbosch and was once an important part in the defence of the Netherlands. The Dutch flooded the area's between the fortifications to keep enemies away from Amsterdam. | | 10/11/2007 | 187 |
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 | Royal National Lifeboat Institution collage | | 10/09/2007 | 104 |
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 | Have a look at all the windmills found in the Netherlands!
there are about 950 windmills in this file and they are all listed with their actual names. This one took me a long time, so enjoy! |  | 10/07/2007 | 590 |
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 | A random single-colored box in the desert of New Mexico. Looks sort of as if its censoring something. |  | 10/03/2007 | 671 |
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 | Destroying the rules of physics, one car at a time. | | 09/30/2007 | 892 |
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 | Fire training helicopter and plane dummies used at Dyce Airport. | | 09/18/2007 | 440 |
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 | This smokestack is the tallest free standing structure west of the Mississippi River and the fourth tallest smokestack in the world. It is 1215 feet high and has a diameter of 120 feet at the bottom. It is located near Magna, Utah. | | 09/18/2007 | 400 |
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 | The Texas Star is the largest ferris wheel in North America. It is approximately 212 feet high. The structure has 44 gondolas that hold 264 riders. The ferris wheel is located at Fair Park in Dallas, Texas. | | 09/06/2007 | 550 |
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 | From 1996 until 2001 it was the biggest in the world.
This plant stands for 30% of power and heating supply in Marstal.
You also find two more solar energy plants on the island Aero. In Aeroskobing and Store Rise. |  | 09/05/2007 | 363 |
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 | Here is the base for all german paratrooper. It calls LLTS. You can see many of details. The airfield, dropzone and the tower for the training on ground. | | 09/04/2007 | 154 |
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 | Here is / was the Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol Platoon 100. You can see the landing zone for the planes and the dropzone at 2 clock. | | 09/04/2007 | 134 |
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 | Here is the Old_Long_Range_Reconnaissance_Patrol_School 200 in Weingarten. | | 09/04/2007 | 107 |
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 | The For Worth Stockyards where you can feel like your in the old west. | | 08/31/2007 | 221 |
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 | Waimea Beach Park known for its good surf and great people. | | 08/31/2007 | 192 |
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 | The Allen-Bradley Clock Tower, the world's largest four-sided clock, and located on the south side of Milwaukee. Each of its octagonal faces is nearly double the size of the more famous Big Ben in London. Each of the hour hands is 4.8 meters (15'-9") long and weighs 229 kg (490 lbs). The minute hands are 6.1 meters (20'-0") long and weigh 240 kilograms (530 lbs). Hour markings on each face ar... | | 08/29/2007 | 163 |
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 | A 4 meter long "paperplane" on a schoolyard. | | 08/28/2007 | 668 |
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 | I'm not shure what it is, but I think its a scoria (blast furnace slag) disposal site, and the scoria is still aglow and burning. | | 08/23/2007 | 692 |
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 | The Women's Memorial is located next to the Anglo Boer War Museum.
"On March 13, 1900, during the Anglo-Boer War, British forces captured the city and built a concentration camp nearby to house Boer women and children. The National Women's Memorial, on the outskirts of the city, pays homage to the 45,000 women and children (including up to 17,000 black people) who died in th... | | 08/23/2007 | 92 |
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 | The Burning Man festival looks to be taking place at the moment this satellite image was snapped. This overlay was inserted by GE in the last update, and is pretty sloppily placed over the old Burning Man location. | | 08/22/2007 | 1,050 |
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 | A pumping unit located near Drumheller, Alberta, Canada. These units mechanically lift crude oil from the ground. A nodding donkey or horsehead pump is the above ground drive for a reciprocating piston pump installed in a borehole. | | 08/18/2007 | 163 |
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 | These are the locations of the danish weather stations used by all weather forecast (DMI).
They are placed at each corner of Denmark: Roemoe, Sindal, Stevns and Bornholm. | | 08/14/2007 | 687 |
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