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Sightseeing placemarks that don't fit into any of the other sightseeing categories. |
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 | I don't want to clean that . :) |  | 02/25/2007 | 144 | 
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 | For giants big buisness. :) | | 02/25/2007 | 211 |
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 | The Tower of the Winds, also called horologion (timepiece), is an octagonal Pentelic marble tower on the Roman agora in Athens. It was supposedly built by Andronicus of Cyrrhus around 50 BC, but according to other sources might have been constructed in the 2nd century BC before the rest of the forum.
The 12 m tall structure has a diameter of about 8 m and was topped in antiquity by a wea... | | 02/20/2007 | 146 |
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 | Another set of "sushi's" in the desert |  | 02/19/2007 | 188 |
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 | Giant sushis in the middle of the Kuwait desert?
Admin Note - these appear to be some kind of storage tanks. But since they do look a little like sushi, the file is approved with its original title and description. |  | 02/18/2007 | 188 |
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 | What looks like a huge crater in Kazakhstan, be it from a meteor, a nuke, or nothing at all. | | 02/15/2007 | 140 |
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 | The ship greeting point Willkomm-Hoeft/Welcom point is a place at the Schulauer Ferryhouse in Schulau west Of Hamburg where ships which enters or leaves Hamburg Harbour are greeted.
Right in front of the ferryhouse there is the platform with huge loudspeakers, from which the ships are greeted. From a cabin next to the ferryhouse each incoming and outgoing ship is greeted by a captain wi... | | 02/14/2007 | 132 |
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 | Next to Shell Rocky Mountain site this is the worst polluted site in USA subject to great debate as to who is paying for its remedy although it was State of California who ordered stringfellow to store the waste | | 02/12/2007 | 100 |
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 | This giant can of 7-UP is located at Jacksonville,FL. The can is actually a 62 foot tall water tower that holds 65,000 gallons. The water in this can is used for the bottling process of the companies products. | | 02/10/2007 | 183 |
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 | According to wikipedia, Bouvet Island is the spot of land furthest from any other dry land on the earth. Norway claims sovereignty.
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 | According to wikipedia, this is the point on the earth farthest from any ocean. | | 02/09/2007 | 233 |
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 | According to wikipedia, this is the point on the earth farthest from any dry land. | | 02/09/2007 | 139 |
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 | A mobile home park on the site of an old RAF radar placement. Gun turrets & other structures still in place. | | 02/08/2007 | 101 |
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 | A farmers cot in Mali, excellent resolution! |  | 02/06/2007 | 278 |
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 | Looks like there're elephant footsteps of two (?) animals in Central Mali. You can also see a lot of other smaller tracks. | | 02/06/2007 | 302 |
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 | An Oasis in the middle of nitrate mines in Chile |  | 02/03/2007 | 191 |
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 | Location of UFO debris field north west of Roswell, NM. Link included to compare against Wikimapi location. | | 01/31/2007 | 846 |
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 | Since 1964 the city of Union,NJ. has claimed to have the tallest water sphere in the world. The water tower is 212' high and holds 250,000 gallons of water. | | 01/24/2007 | 213 |
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 | Sure looks like a flat screen TV. Includes an overlay for comparison. | | 01/23/2007 | 253 |
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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 | 207 |
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 | 45 Steel grain bins all in one row on a farmplace in Montana. | | 01/20/2007 | 141 |
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 | Robert Gerard Sands (Irish: Roibeard Gearķid Ķ Seachnasaigh), commonly known as Bobby Sands (9 March 1954 5 May 1981), was an Irish Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) member who died on hunger strike whilst in prison for the possession of firearms. He died in HM Prison Maze (known as Long Kesh by Irish Republicans). He was the leader of the 1981 Hunger Strike and had been elected as an ... | | 01/18/2007 | 72 |
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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 | 815 |
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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 | 255 |
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 | At 456 metres (1498 feet) above sea level, Winter Hill is the highest point of the area to the west of the Pennines, a line of hills, known as the backbone of England, running roughly north - south between Lancashire and Yorkshire. The highest point within Bolton Borough is on Smithills Moor, south of the top of Winter Hill, at 1467 feet above sea level. Winter Hill television transmitter was b... | | 01/15/2007 | 100 |
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