You never know what you a sattelite photo will show

I almost missed it until I zoom in on it. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=...

Looks like it is headed to DFW. Curious what the coloring is. I am not in 3D mode.

Reflection of sunlight off the aluminum shell of the plane. The satellite's lenses are apparently sensitive enough to capture the light spectrum from the reflection.

Sats don't use color sensors. They have a monochrome sensor that is exposed through several filters (typically RGB) sequentially. These images are later combined into a color image. This works fine if the object you are imaging is stationary (the ground) or moving slowly. However, if the object is moving quickly with respect to the "reference frame" of the image (like the airplane in the image above), the different color images are slightly de-registered, hence the color spectrum along the direction of travel of the object.

Note that a newer image has replaced the image above. To see the plane at this location now, you need to go into Google Earth, click on the "Display Historical Imagery" button, and go back one (as of 11/17/11) image in time.

Cheers,
--Lee

This one came up on our local news cast today, thought I would share it with everyone. It is a wetlands on this property, and the owner of the land is a frog fanatic. 43.839291,-75.887001

Cool one. thanks

Now that gave me a chuckle.

#4 is sort of, well, way out there...

SR71 -117.2664 W / 33.88355 N
C46 -094.08714 W / 58.76060 N
B36 -120.5794 W / 37.36843 N
C97 -090.1406 W / 42.99223 N

Stopped by #4 a few years ago. I remember seeing the skid marks on the runway where they brought it in. It has really fallen into disrepair. A shame......

I wish you could post photos on this forum. Is there a way to do this?

Was walking my dog the day the google car drove by. lol.
45.523039, -73.695672

No you can't paste or upload a photo to POI-Factory however you can upload the photo to a hosting site like photobucket.com and paste the link to the photo here as I did with this link http://bit.ly/ngjhr2

#4 is not far from 'The House on the Rock', an unbelievable house/compound built by an eccentric billionaire with far more money than sense.
The collection of bizarre stuff in that house is hard to believe. Their photo gallery:
http://www.thehouseontherock.com/HOTR_Attraction_PhotoGaller...

I checked on my GPS to see if this comes up as one of the Offbeat Attractions, but I don't see it listed on there. You really can't tell it's a frog unless you see it from above. Here is a link to the local news coverage of the story, if anyone is interested. http://www.wwnytv.com/news/local/Must-See-The-Frog-Pond-That...

I was browsing a recent National Geographic magazine and was fascinated to find a picture of a huge concrete "arrow" embedded in the ground at various intervals back in the 1920s. This was the era of transcontinental air flights way before radar and air traffic control.

I googled concrete arrows and sure enough there are still come around. The pilots would use the arrows to stay on the path across the country! Whatever works, huh

Here are the google earth coordinates for one near Zion National park:

37.395884,-113.257308

You have to zoom in a bit to see the arrow

Real cool what you find sometimes.

In those days, IFR meant "I Follow Roads".

Checked out both but was unable to see what was so exciting.

The first set of numbers showed waves crashing on the shore... and the second showed the ocean a few hundred yards off shore.

I can see the ocean and seashore in person just by walking out my door and driving a few minutes from home.

Nuvi1300WTGPS

On the previous update to the satellite views for Long Island, I saw my car parked at the office and at my sisters a few miles away. Apparently in the time between when they took the shot over my office and the shot over my sisters house I had driven to her location.

If you're talking about the very first post I thought the same thing, then I realized the first post was in March of 2009 and surely the satellite image at those coordinates has changed since then.

Reading some of the comments from back then I'm guessing a few birds in flight were caught by the camera.

If you put the coords vin goggle earth and go back to 7-06 you will see the jets.

I have, but rarely use, Google Earth. I put the cords in but have no idea how to go back in time with it.

On the bottom left under the scale there is a small clock with an green arrow with 1993 beside it. Click on 1993 and a slide scale will show up on the top left. Move the slide until you get to 7 2006.

thanks.

very interesting.

I like to confuse google by placing a giant mirror on the roof of my house so that all they see is the reflection of a sattelite!

When I do a search of our property in the mountains of NC, I see the day the bulldozer finished excavating the foundation for our house there!!!

February 2013 vintage picture

The technology

Thanks, learned something, I see the jets.

Yeah, here on the Outer Banks, military jets particularly patrolling the coast and conducting training missions from the Norfolk Virginia area, are a much more common sight (and sound) than commercial jets.

/and if you're reading this thread, searching the coordinates on Google Earth in the original post, and not seeing what the discussion is all about, first, if you haven't already, reverse the two coordinates to 35.737420,-75.488737 to see the Outer Banks and then zoom in, and second, slide the time slider to 7/2006 (because the more current Google Earth image doesn't show the fighter jet).

29.652157, -95.293130

Here's another in Philadelphia, PA

39.959071, -75.138212 (click street view and rotate the view)

Well, after all this time, this post gets revived again.

Made me take a looksee at some sights.

Also, I looked to see if Google maps ever made a drive down Duke of Gloucester (commonly known as DOG street).

They did more than drive down the street. Take a Look:

37.271309,-76.699154

Enjoy your ride. The folks in the carriage are.

I did a search for neighborhood where I used to live, and saw my old car parked in the driveway. The satellite images must be from at least 3 years ago.