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Technology

Picture of the Day: When a Plane Flies Through a Google Maps Satellite Image

Alexis C. Madrigal
December 8, 2010

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This is a startlingly self-explanatory image from Google Maps of Hyde Park in Chicago.

Thanks to David Biello and Mark Hogan for bringing it to our attention.

View more Pictures of the Day.

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