Technology
David Muir who decided to look up his road when the Internet site went live this week.
The website provides a detailed view of every street in the country, using images captured by a special 360 degree camera mounted on top of a car.
But anyone logging on to Whitehall Road in West Bromwich are likely to find a shadow looming in the skies.
Look upwards and there appears to be a giant pair of pliers about to strike a chimney of one of the homes in the terraced street.
The oddity appears to be down to a mistake by a Google technician who was making adjustments to the car-mounted camera at the junction of Whitehall Road and Compton Road.
The camera snapped the pliers and they ended up on the site. Mr Muir said: "It is a curious picture to say the least.
"I have been emailing it to friends and telling them to look upwards. It has caused a lot of amusement around here."
Google has since altered the image on its website.
Story and source: The Telegraph
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