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Finally the new update is done. We sent to Google Earth a selection of photos up to ID: 1,710,000. Approximately 3/4 of the photos uploaded to Panoramio were sent to Google Earth. Thas is almost one million photos (973,949), the double number of photos than the previous update that reached ID: 655,000.
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What it makes North Cape very special is that standing there you feel like being at the end of the world. In front of you there is nothing else but the immensity of the sea and the North Pole. I know that feeling because I worked in North Cape for a couple of summers.

The 307 […]

Sailing in a nuclear submarine around the World has to be a nice experience, but surfacing through the ice at the North Pole has to be the most expected stopover. Look at this photo from USS Boise.

If you wonder about the view under the ice, you can enjoy this one from USS Alexandria:

Indeed, we […]

Many people have asked me what is the most photographed place of the world at Panoramio. I can’t check the whole planet, but after some searches I believe that Saint Peter Square in Rome is the place where more people have mapped photos. The second place is Tour Eiffel, followed very closely by Piazza San […]

Kamchatka is 1,200 kilometer long peninsula in the Russian Far East. Containing around 160 volcanoes, 29 of them still active, the peninsula has perhaps the highest density of volcanoes and associated volcanic phenomena in the world. In the center of Kamchatka is Eurasia’s only Geyser Valley. The highest volcano in Kamchatka is Klyuchevskaya Sopka (4,750 […]