Changing the Perspective

People are used to 2D, flat maps. So am I. So when I was told that a potential transmission line connection between China and the USA could be straight and almost exclusively cover land instead of ocean, I was skeptical. Silly me. I forgot that the real world is 3D, not a flat map! What am I, a 15th century European? (Actually people weren't necessarily so... in the dark) Anyways, check this out:

Thanks Google Earth!

Lesson learned: consider all the perspectives you can. In maps... and in life.