Sweden's own version of the Loch Ness monster, the Storsjoe or Great Lake monster, has been caught on film by surveillance videos. In the images filmed Thursday and posted on a website dedicated to the Storsjoe monster, a long serpent-like being is seen swimming in the murky waters. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A Google company blog says that as of today all new users of Google will have their personal information tracked, collected and stored for a so-called better customer experience using Google... picked by monkeyman 3 years ago

Google Earth has some amazing and interesting images to be found. Here are a few, shown in video form (if you can ignore the cheesy music). picked by tundramonkey 3 years ago

It could be a glass building but it casts no shadow. Whatever it is, it is located between the Earth's surface and the satellite.

direct link to map picked by BrownTrout 3 years ago

One of the most remarkable posts I’ve come across while trawling through the blogosphere is Google Sighteeing’s ”Top ten naked people on Google Earth“. picked by secretsather 3 years ago

...but of course it is not on this link. I am sure it will turn up though soon enough picked by Moe 2 years ago

On 12th November 1933, Hugh Grey took a photograph from the shores of Loch Ness that was indisputably black & white, and in all probability quite unclear. Said to depict the Loch Ness Monster, this was the first of many photos over the years that have hinted at but not proved the existence of something other in the water. picked by pocksucket 1 year ago

Next time you’re virtually roaming Google Earth, make sure you take a close look at any unusual landforms.

Geologist Arthur Hickman did just that, and is now the proud parent of the Hickman Crater, a meteorite crater in the Hamersley Ranges. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Green-fingered John Dobson has spent 17 years trimming Nessie's head, tail and humps into this huge 4.6m high hedge in the back garden of his Polegate home. picked by Hoosker 3 years ago

You can download a Google Earth file that shows the cases of bird flu outbreaks, and how they're linked with a 'tree'. picked by TheStep 3 years ago

They may be the stuff of folklore but Big Foot, the Loch Ness monster and other creatures of fantasy could actually exist, it has been claimed. Jonathan Downes, a cryptozoologist who searches for animals rumoured to be alive, said that scores of creatures thought to be extinct are discovered every year, including monkeys and pigs. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Officials in Kiryat Yam, a small city in northern Israel, have filed a complaint with police against the Internet search engine Google. The city argues that one of Google’s programs, Google Earth, gives viewers false information that offends the city’s image. picked by Ionb 2 years ago

Scenes from the Bible have been imagined by countless artists over the centuries, but never quite like this. God’s Eye View portrays four key Biblical events as if captured by Google Earth. 4 really amazing images and a very cool sculpture, must see! picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Volunteers track through the rainforest daily, using GPS to catalog sacred and cultural sites as well as locations where they've discovered illegal mining and logging. Other volunteers visually scan high resolution satellite images of their land, provided specifically for the project on Google Earth, for signs of invasion by loggers and miners. picked by cactushair 1 year ago

It’s exactly forty years ago today that Neil Armstrong took man’s first step on the moon.

And to mark the historic occasion Google Earth has taken the same leap in cyberspace.

The search engine leader today launched Moon in Google Earth, an interactive 3D atlas of the moon which allows space fans to take their very own virtual steps on the surface of our closest satellite. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

Some of Europe's greatest paintings can be viewed in minuscule detail thanks to a partnership between a famous museum and Google Earth.

Works by artists including Rubens, Rembrandt and Bosch are on display in a virtual gallery. picked by AutumnLotus 10 months ago

The head of U.S. Air Force intelligence and surveillance on Thursday said data available commercially through online mapping software such as Google Earth posed a danger to security but could not be rolled back. picked by DrNothing 2 years ago

Amateur spies and armchair sleuths using Google Earth have discovered a suspicious development in the Burmese jungle thought to be linked to the pariah state's clandestine nuclear program. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

It roamed the English channel more than 200 million years ago. And now the prehistoric monster has surfaced once more - in the limestone of Lyme Regis's famous 'Jurassic Coast'.
Excited archaeologists discovered the Loch Ness-style creature on the beach and have spent months piecing together a giant jigsaw composed of dozens of old bones to reveal the 12ft-long plesiosaur. picked by bingo 6 months ago

Organisers of a duathlon in Scotland have taken out a one million pound insurance policy against attack by or sighting of the fabled Loch Ness monster. picked by wildminou 2 years ago