See the Google Maps Illusion on LGA 31 Approach

As of today (1/31/08, because they change photos every so often) if you go to Google maps and look at the satellite view of New York LaGuardia runway 31, there's a UAL 737 that's taxied into position and holding, an AA 737 halfway down 31 on its t/o roll, and then pan east to about a quarter mile past the 31 approach threshold and three's (what appears to be) another UAL 737 on a quarter mile final. However, if you look carefully at the change in water color about 50 -100 ft. east of the 31 threshold, you can see where the satellite photos have been spliced together and thus create the illusion of at least the closest balked approach I have ever seen if not a near immanent collision!