Photos: Accidental Geography

Travel Blog • Michael Yessis • 11.24.09 | 1:37 PM ET

Strange Maps just posted another amusing batch of photos where the familiar shapes of continents, countries, states and the like appear in things like shower tiles, cracks in floors, fruit and other random places. Here’s the first batch from last year. (via Coudal’s Fresh Signals)

Tags: Geography for Fun and Profit, Humor, Maps, Pop Culture Travel, Travel Photography, News and Briefs

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