This is probably kind of politically incorrect or something, considering I'm writing this on my Yahoo! blog, but I just have to say: I am completely and utterly in love with Google Maps. I've spend the last few hours looking at satellite photos from around North America, and there is so much cool stuff I thought I'd have to share it with you guys. Here are a few of the highlights I've found so far:

• Crop patterns (beautiful patterns made from parallel farming lines)
• Harvesting (caught in the middle of drawing the lines!)
• Erosion patterns (zoom in on the road going down left of center – you should see wind turbines)
• Irrigation circles (beautiful semi-abstract designs created by rotating irrigation systems)
• Erosion fractals (more beautiful designs carved with flowing water)
• Squares and circles (colorful abstract art with water and fields)
• Grand Canyon (a hairpin corner in the Grand Canyon)
• BC's patchy coat (unbelievable number of clearcuts in BC's interior)
• Curvy lines (patterns created from trying to farm around a winding river)
• Striatic (massive parallel grooves in rocks near Moab, UT)