Six Degrees of Flickr

Wait. Let me get this straight.
A guy from Scotland goes 5490 miles to Tokyo and takes a picture of a girl taking a picture. She turns out to be from England, 413 miles away from him.
Impressive, but not all that weird.
UNTIL!
He posts the picture he took on a Website (in Canada, irrelevantly) and within 6 weeks the girl in the photo finds it?
That is truly amazing. I am deeply impressed. Any one care to calculate the odds?

Via Jason Kottke [1], “Harajuku on Flickr [2]”

This is mostly for Spring [3], who's such a big fan of Flickr [4].

[1] http://www.kottke.org/remainder/05/01/7391.html

[2] http://www.flickr.com/photos/matt/1424625/

[3] http://www.springdew.com/

[4] http://www.flickr.com/

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