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SLIDESHOW: The strangest sights in Google Earth

Mapping software Google Earth turns the planet into a massive scavenger hunt for weird, wacky, and the unexplained. Here are a few of the things that keep us scratching our heads.

By Tom Spring

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A dry-docked skiff is one thing, but a cruise ship parked between skyscrapers in the middle of a city is quite another (22°18'14.15"N, 114°11'24.66"E) (see it in Google Maps). This ocean liner is known by locals as Whompoa Boat and doubles as a shopping mall in downtown Hong Kong.

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