What a great way to explore the world with pictures

I found a very nice Google Maps mash-up called Earth Album Alpha, where any spot in the world you click reveals photos from Flickr tagged to that area.

In the screen shot I included here, I basically zoomed in on the Montreal area, then clicked on the area where I grew up (Deux Montagnes) and it presented me with a few pictures 'tagged' at that place. The one I chose to click on shows a beautiful old CN electric locomotive that used to haul the commuter train back and forth between Deux Montagnes and Montreal.

Very nice indeed.