There is a shadow of stealth bomber: https://goo.gl/maps/VWwtt1PbLJVkbiBS9
I'm curious... Will google delete it too?
Stealth bomber in flight on Google Maps
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Re: Stealth bomber in flight on Google Maps
#52Earlier quoted context omitted.
My napkin calculations are that the three channels are ~10ms apart, given the bomber is 69 feet nose-to-tail* and an assumption of 400 mph velocity. * http://www.dept.aoe.vt.edu/~mason/Mason_f/B2Spr09.pdf
I would assume that the plane or satellite moving affects this too, it's presumably being corrected but there might be some parallax.
You're absolutely correct, but as the aircraft is much closer to the ground than the imaging satellite I disregarded it. Spherical cows and all that :) I'm sure a military analyst would do the calculations!
Re: Stealth bomber in flight on Google Maps
#53Not so stealth eh?
During the 1999 yugoslavia bombings, after the first one was shot down, there was a joking apology on the TV, something along the lines of "Sorry, we didn't see it" :)
Re: Stealth bomber in flight on Google Maps
#54Imagine the chills you'd get seeing that on GEarth if you're just looking to see a picture of your fields.
I’d guess if you have fields in that area, seeing a B-2 over them is routine.
Re: Stealth bomber in flight on Google Maps
#55Considering the 1000s of planes flying over the USA at any given moment, surprising this is the first time I see a plane captured in mid-flight.
Re: Stealth bomber in flight on Google Maps
#56Screenshot for when it will have been deleted by Google https://i.imgur.com/toSC5a0.png .
Here's another: https://www.google.com/maps/place/39%C2%B001'18.5%22N+93%C2%...
Re: Stealth bomber in flight on Google Maps
#57Interesting how you can see the chromatic aberration on the bomber but not the ground. I guess that this implies that the optical and/or software correction that they're doing only works within a _very_ narrow focal plane, given the relative proximity of the bomber to the ground. This is kind of surprising, because if the tolerances for avoiding chromatic aberration are that small, whatever is collecting this data wo…
I wonder how low it is, found the shadow of it close by 39.02468482732915, -93.6023120071418 https://www.google.com/maps/place/39%C2%B001'28.9%22N+93%C2%...
nice catch! I think the altitude could be calculated roughly if we knew the the day of the year the photo was taken.
Re: Stealth bomber in flight on Google Maps
#58Here is a stealth Bomber on the ground...
https://maps.app.goo.gl/eJ2SU9SzE8D6JaZN9
Re: Stealth bomber in flight on Google Maps
#59Interesting how the three separate R/G/B images are taken independently a few ~seconds~ milliseconds apart, with a different color filter placed over the image sensor. I assume this is to maximize resolution, since no Bayer interpolation [0] is needed to demosaic the output of a traditional image sensor that integrates the color filters onto the sensor pixels themselves. As these satellites are not intended to photog…
My napkin calculations are that the three channels are ~10ms apart, given the bomber is 69 feet nose-to-tail* and an assumption of 400 mph velocity. * http://www.dept.aoe.vt.edu/~mason/Mason_f/B2Spr09.pdf
Can you calculate the time of day from the shadow's length as well?
https://www.google.com/maps/place/39%C2%B001'18.5%22N+93%C2%...
Re: Stealth bomber in flight on Google Maps
#60Interesting how the three separate R/G/B images are taken independently a few ~seconds~ milliseconds apart, with a different color filter placed over the image sensor. I assume this is to maximize resolution, since no Bayer interpolation [0] is needed to demosaic the output of a traditional image sensor that integrates the color filters onto the sensor pixels themselves. As these satellites are not intended to photog…
Shadow of this object is also distorted: https://goo.gl/maps/VWwtt1PbLJVkbiBS9