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...the five Great Lakes, whose total surface area is about the same as the land area of the UK...
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That stirs a memory.
On the way home from one of my USA trips, the first leg of the flight was from Denver to Newark.
There had been some delay in departure from Denver because of strong winds at Newark which had reduced the landing rate.
In order to at least get airborne, a new flight plan was filed taking the aircraft into Canadian airspace and approaching Newark from the NW.
The in flight entertainment didn't include a moving map display so I was somewhat puzzled when I 'saw the sea' far below.
On United Airlines you can, or could, select channel 9 on the IFE and listen to the Air Traffic Control exchanges with the aircraft.
Once I had done this, and heard that they were working Toronto Centre, I realised that it was one of the Great Lakes that I was looking at.
A quite astonishing sight and, with luck, I'll perhaps get to see one or more of them from the ground one day.
I live in hope!