How did that get there ?

I know what you're thinking. Another pretty sunset taken with a fuzzy camera. Big fargin' deal you say. I have reason to disagree, and here's why:

PJ took this picture on the shores of the Irish Sea, near Douglas, on the Isle of Man with his cell phone camera. From there, he sent the picture to the Manx cell phone network, which likely connects with the much larger network in either England or Scotland. From there, the image probably got funneled onto a satellite, and sent across the Atlantic to another satellite closer to Toronto. It eventually wound it's way onto the Fido network here in Canada, where it finally landed in my back pocket. It tickled.

That's pretty nifty if you ask me. What's even more amazing about this sort of transaction is that we take it for granted. You have to devote a bit of thought to the underlying complexity of taking a picture thousands of miles away and sending it home to really appreciate it. Otherwise, it's just another pretty sunset.