Subject: Huh? All the shadows of the plane are northeast of the plane. Author: pd750 : member since January, 2004 : 552 posts Posted on: 2008-06-09 21:10:23

For instance, the shadow on the highway corresponds to the plane at the lower left of the photo from the link. You can see more shadows for the other two planes if you look carefully -- one is in the trees and is not really plane-shaped.

"Overlay" refers to the fact that the satellite overhead takes pictures in quick succession (in this case, a few seconds apart), and software is used to connect all the pictures together in a seamless fashion.

For instance, you can see if you zoom out that other pictures were taken at other times of year (or at a different time of day) because the trees are much more green, lakes are different shades of blue, etc.

-pd.

• OT: Interesting find in google maps - sdmike 2008-04-21 17:16:12 (415 views)
  • Forget 1 plane. I found 3. check it out (url) - dufferdude 2008-04-22 15:07:35 (244 views)
    • Fake. - Roland 2008-05-20 10:13:44 (76 views)
      • Not fake, just a sequence of photos with the same plane. (nt) - KevinS 2008-05-20 19:33:10 (93 views)
        • OK. Not fake, just misleading. Looks like the intent was to show 3 planes. (nt) - Roland 2008-05-23 14:59:30 (67 views)
          • Something's very wrong here (url) - erwin 2008-06-09 19:36:13 (73 views)
            • Huh? All the shadows of the plane are northeast of the plane. - pd750 2008-06-09 21:10:23 (58 views)
    • Forget 3 planes... I found 17!! :-) (url) - eaglecomm 2008-05-19 18:24:24 (125 views)
    • Lufthansa 747-400 (nt) - Buck 99 750iL 2008-04-22 17:52:27 (90 views)
    • that's really strange! I bet it's the same plane (nt) - sdmike 2008-04-22 17:42:52 (138 views)
      • Yep, there's a shadow of a 4th, but the plane is cropped out (nt) - nbate 2008-05-19 14:49:40 (88 views)
    • Hey, they are in Flight - Actually Flying (nt) - Thomas Meacham 2008-04-22 15:22:31 (105 views)
      • Re: Hey, they are in Flight - Actually Flying and the same plane??? (nt) - dufferdude 2008-04-22 17:29:35 (79 views)
  • I just found an interesting one in my neighborhood... - 04sshd 2008-04-22 13:15:46 (135 views)
    • Hav fun chasing that Cessna..its flying....LmaO (nt) - snitch740i 2008-04-22 15:27:01 (108 views)
      • how can you tell? (nt) - 04sshd 2008-04-22 17:09:56 (89 views)
    • Wish you guys would get off this plane spotting. I'm trying to disappear (nt) - Steve Fossett 2008-04-22 14:32:37 (109 views)
      • Me too................... (nt) - D B Cooper 2008-04-22 15:19:08 (109 views)
        • Hey - we just found your parachute... (nt) - FBI 2008-04-22 16:15:29 (85 views)
          • LOL.........could you send it to me if I pay the shipping?..........;o) (nt) - D B 2008-04-22 16:28:14 (110 views)
            • LOL (nt) - Rogue7 2008-04-22 16:29:14 (112 views)
          • But it had unusual tooth marks on it!!? (nt) - Mulder 2008-04-22 16:20:22 (87 views)
    • Looks like a cessa or smaller sized plane. (nt) - eaglecomm 2008-04-22 14:20:36 (91 views)
      • You spelled seesaw wrong (nt) - Miriam 2008-04-22 16:21:42 (86 views)
  • That is pretty cool. We should have a meet there (nt) - Ed 2008-04-22 12:04:24 (73 views)
  • put in your address and street view. You'll see an image of your house & cars. - visionbmw7 2008-04-22 01:33:41 (78 views)
  • Here are a few other strange things... (url) - sdmike 2008-04-22 01:18:32 (146 views)
  • you think that's crazy... check this one out!! (url) - ian 2008-04-21 22:42:26 (202 views)
    • wtf?? lol (nt) - sdmike 2008-04-22 00:38:03 (83 views)
    • Yep, right of TheExtraterrestrial Hwy! (nt) - bugs1357 2008-04-21 22:46:04 (88 views)
  • Video about Google Maps (url) - KevinS 2008-04-21 18:57:41 (170 views)
    • HAHAHHAA! That was funny! (nt) - IBHenry 2008-04-22 00:25:10 (79 views)
    • Excellent! (nt) - JerrytheK 2008-04-21 19:14:05 (85 views)
    • Thats hilarious! (nt) - Stu 2008-04-21 19:10:10 (81 views)
  • None of you saw this. Sdmike never existed. (nt) - Big Brother 2008-04-21 18:57:32 (105 views)
  • Chem trails? (nt) - dwightf 2008-04-21 18:45:22 (87 views)
  • Now that is SICK! (nt) - R7 2008-04-21 18:21:09 (106 views)
  • Area 51? (nt) - bmw635 2008-04-21 18:06:24 (108 views)
  • WTF is it? A cruise missile? A landing strip? (nt) - JerrytheK 2008-04-21 18:04:10 (112 views)
    • Looks to be airplane, has wings (dark)... - bugs1357 2008-04-21 18:18:09 (105 views)
      • Now that you point out the wings, I can see those. I think the - JerrytheK 2008-04-21 18:30:15 (94 views)
        • I didn't notice the dark wing shadows before. Maybe just an aircraft (nt) - sdmike 2008-04-21 18:46:28 (82 views)
    • it's a cruise missile heading north in southern utah (nt) - sdmike 2008-04-21 18:15:34 (102 views)
  • Very interesting! (nt) - KevHouston 2008-04-21 17:35:58 (76 views)