This smiley was originally painted on the roof of Narrows Plaza Business Park by owner, Bruce, and his employee, Dan.

They originally painted the smiley back in 1994 as a joke for their pilot friends (plural!) but have recently been contacted by lots of Google Earth users wanting to know why the face is there.

More information in today’s News Tribune article, which also features a few words from yours truly.

Thanks: Jason Hagey & Kevin Freitas

Possibly the greatest basketball player of all time, Michael Jordan’s 29,000-square-foot estate near Chicago features a basketball court (of course) as well as a tennis court and putting green. Loads more info and pictures here.

Bill Gates’ 40,000-square-foot mansion in Washington is a constantly requested sight, but is in fact quite boring to look at from above (apparently it’s mostly underground). Loads more info and pictures here.

George Foreman’s Texas home is still being constructed in the satellite photo, but he’s so proud of the finished building that he’s put his name on it. The large building on the East side is the 64 car garage.

Muhammad Ali’s Michigan home is currently for sale but for your $3,200,000 you only get a measly 2 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. However, the 81 acre plot does feature a gymnasium, steam room, tennis & basketball courts and full size boxing ring. More pictures on the Real Estate listing.

The Californian coastline mansion with a tear shaped swimming pool is home to Barbara Streisand who famously tried to sue an aerial photography website which featured her house in the middle of 12,000 photos of coastline (she lost the case). Loads more information and the offending photo here.

Thanks: MisterKen, randy phillips, Dennis, Pete, IvyMike, Matt, Ivan, Lois, Mile, Andrew, Heath, greg, Chris Blackwell, Andrey, mark, MC, Thomas van Longerich, Nelson, Slugs On Toast & Wifey!

Although upside-down this is the huge great world maze, located north of Seattle between the towns of Marysville and Everett.

Thanks: William Eckley

Here’s one in Saint Lawrence bay, Quebec…

…a beached wreck off the Washington coast…

…and finally a super-cool submerged ship in the river Clyde, near Glasgow! (it’s great posting Scottish things )

Thanks to Jacob, Jonny, troy, DDA, Jonathan Hoppe, Patrick, Joel Leo, Mike and Gus (from the comments).

This is Mount Rainier, outside Seattle, Washington (fairly close to the previously posted Mount Saint Helens). At 4,392 metres, Mount Rainier is the highest mountain volcano in the continental contiguous U.S., and although there is no imminent risk of eruption, geologists expect that the volcano will erupt again.

Update: Post edited to reflect that I was mostly wrong. Thanks to Steve Ransom and others

Mount Rainer the tallest mountain in the continental US? Sorry, no. That distinction is held by Denali (Mt. McKinley) in Alaska at 6,194 meters. If you’re just counting “contiguous” US, then the winner is Mt. Whitney in California at 4,418 meters. And if you meant volcano instead of mountain, then again Alaska wins with Mount Bona at 5,005 meters. But perhaps you meant tallest volcano in the contiguous US. Then Rainer wins. (There is some controversy about the difference between contiguous and continental, but every Alaskan knows the difference quite well.)

Thanks: Mark McKnight, gniv and daniel.