I'm constantly amazed by all kinds of small technological miracles that appear every day. Google has a function - EarthCam - that combines satellite imagery, maps and Google Search to, literally, allow you to find anything, anywhere on Earth.
You can zoom in from outer space right up to the address you want, fly over the Kruger National Park, gaze at Kuta beach in Bali (Where 2 more terrorist bombs just helped their own tourism-industry slide even further.), take a nice 3D-look at Table Mountain, or find a restaurant in downtown Miami - the possibilities are endless. I went straight to my parents's house in Cape Town and got a close-up view of it. Not close enough to see if the lawn is mowed, but still.
For the geographically handicapped, the picture displayed is Florida, tilted to give a good view of what lies further North. (Click on the picture for a larger image.)
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