I'm sure people have posted pictures of unloaded chunks before, but I have never seen 4 in a row before. So I thought i'd take a screenshot, and show you lovely, lovely people:

I found these yesterday.

There normal - even occurs on my localhost server.

I've seen bigger. Especially on the previous map

Btw, for anyone who doesn't know, if you place a torch next to an unloaded chunk the torch forces parts of that chunk to load. You can repeat the process.

(Some people log out and back in... waste of time if you have torches)

Did not know that... thanks for the info!