I have developed a weird new obsession. For those that know me, the weird part will not come as any surprise. Here's the deal: I can't stop monitoring planes that are currently flying over the Magic Valley.

You can blame this on a website called Flight Radar 24. They allow you to follow specific planes or areas. Here's what it looks like on a regular day.

Flight Radar 24, Google Maps
Flight Radar 24, Google Maps
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This is one of those things that really shouldn't be fun, but to me it is. My family doesn't live that far from the airport, so when I hear a plane, I can jump online and see what it is.

Oh, and this is really fun for my conspiracy theory friends since you can monitor some of the flights of a mysterious NASA plane over the Yellowstone super-volcano.

I will admit that I get exceptionally paranoid every time I see a plane go over Yellowstone that is listed as "BLOCKED" instead of the plane name.

Now, back to our regularly-scheduled programming...

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