[ One of the things i like best about Gmaps is just cruising around in satellite mode and seeing what I can (and can't) see.

Like here, something really big on fire somewhere inside the Democratic Republic of Congo. It makes me wonder when the image was captured. What's burning? Why? Whose stories are tied up in this brief snapshot of time? We can clearly see a 15 mile long streamer of smoke, but know almost nothing about it. -k]

Google Maps is the Best (A Random Slice of Time)