Comments on: More Scotch Tape http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/07/25/more-scotch-tape/ Why bother seeing the world for real? Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:32:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: kondav http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/07/25/more-scotch-tape/comment-page-1/#comment-205851 kondav Sun, 07 Jun 2009 06:10:30 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/?p=439#comment-205851 What things about this: http://googlesightseeing.com/maps?p=&c=&t=k&hl=en&ll=55.047892,100.244064&z=12 What things about this:
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]]> By: Adam http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/07/25/more-scotch-tape/comment-page-1/#comment-8778 Adam Thu, 12 Jan 2006 21:29:47 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/?p=439#comment-8778 I don't think this explanation applies to the standard "scotch tape" artifacts... But, the Kyrgyzstan instance: http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&t=k&ll=42.485264,76.75478&spn=0.091399,0.114841&t=k ...looks very much like light reflected off the solar panels of a lower-altitude satellite. Since its body reflects relatively little light, it reads as black. Imagine a craft with a similar design to this: http://www.glonass-center.ru/satellite.jpg I don't know how long or frequent the composite exposures are, but the trail is most likely an artifact of the foreground satellite's own orbital motion. I don’t think this explanation applies to the standard “scotch tape” artifacts…

But, the Kyrgyzstan instance:
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…looks very much like light reflected off the solar panels of a lower-altitude satellite. Since its body reflects relatively little light, it reads as black. Imagine a craft with a similar design to this: http://www.glonass-center.ru/satellite.jpg I don’t know how long or frequent the composite exposures are, but the trail is most likely an artifact of the foreground satellite’s own orbital motion.

]]> By: Martin http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/07/25/more-scotch-tape/comment-page-1/#comment-6435 Martin Tue, 04 Oct 2005 13:54:03 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/?p=439#comment-6435 There's also some scotch tape with colored rectangles in Russia: http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=71.775230,119.105530&spn=0.296223,1.213303&t=h&hl=fr And there's also a big scar all the way through Norway: http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=59.902024,9.168091&spn=0.949967,2.426605&t=h&hl=fr There’s also some scotch tape with colored rectangles in Russia:
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And there’s also a big scar all the way through Norway:
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]]> By: Insomniduck http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/07/25/more-scotch-tape/comment-page-1/#comment-5116 Insomniduck Tue, 09 Aug 2005 06:28:34 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/?p=439#comment-5116 <p>Another one... Russia: http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=53.789294,109.346924&spn=4.723682,10.186523&t=h&hl=en</p> Another one… Russia: Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

]]> By: pooms http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/07/25/more-scotch-tape/comment-page-1/#comment-4698 pooms Wed, 27 Jul 2005 20:43:00 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/?p=439#comment-4698 The other indication that these are the swath errors that I mentioned is that for some of them you can see a pattern of 16 lines within the "tape" if you zoom in to the maximum resolution. The Landsat satellite has 16 sensors that are exposed at a time when the mirror sweeps across. That last one is a good example, you can count 15 lines for sure, and given the alternating dark/white pattern you can assume that there is one more dark one that we can't see, making up the 16. The other indication that these are the swath errors that I mentioned is that for some of them you can see a pattern of 16 lines within the “tape” if you zoom in to the maximum resolution. The Landsat satellite has 16 sensors that are exposed at a time when the mirror sweeps across. That last one is a good example, you can count 15 lines for sure, and given the alternating dark/white pattern you can assume that there is one more dark one that we can’t see, making up the 16.

]]> By: TexasAndroid http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/07/25/more-scotch-tape/comment-page-1/#comment-4697 TexasAndroid Wed, 27 Jul 2005 20:04:13 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/?p=439#comment-4697 Oh. That last bit of tape is in Issyk Kul, Kyrgyzstan. Oh. That last bit of tape is in Issyk Kul, Kyrgyzstan.

]]> By: TexasAndroid http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/07/25/more-scotch-tape/comment-page-1/#comment-4696 TexasAndroid Wed, 27 Jul 2005 20:03:25 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/?p=439#comment-4696 And one more just submitted over at GG. It's darker than the others, being mostly over water, but is at the same general angle. http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=42.486277,76.758041&spn=0.161630,0.324200&t=k&hl=en And one more just submitted over at GG. It’s darker than the others, being mostly over water, but is at the same general angle.

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]]> By: TexasAndroid http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/07/25/more-scotch-tape/comment-page-1/#comment-4654 TexasAndroid Tue, 26 Jul 2005 17:57:14 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/?p=439#comment-4654 Nice catch as to them being at similar angles, and why. :) A few more tape examples: Saudi Arabia: http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=19.747925,49.161072&spn=1.221130,1.925629&t=k&hl=en Austrailia: http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=-27.807770,129.931183&spn=0.076046,0.126686&t=k&hl=en Not certain if this one fits (shadow and all), but it's at the correct angle. Over the Sudan: http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=15.367470,37.360382&spn=0.255089,0.268478&t=k&hl=en Original credit for these last few goes to various users over at Google Globetrotting (www.googleglobetrotting.com) Nice catch as to them being at similar angles, and why. :)

A few more tape examples:

Saudi Arabia:
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Austrailia:
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Not certain if this one fits (shadow and all), but it’s at the correct angle. Over the Sudan:
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Original credit for these last few goes to various users over at Google Globetrotting (www.googleglobetrotting.com)

]]> By: Marydo http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/07/25/more-scotch-tape/comment-page-1/#comment-4619 Marydo Tue, 26 Jul 2005 04:10:59 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/?p=439#comment-4619 hullo, i seem to see those above my head on a clear blue sky... could it be traces of aviation fuel in the high atmosphere ? hullo,
i seem to see those above my head on a clear blue sky…
could it be traces of aviation fuel in the high atmosphere ?

]]> By: Max http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/07/25/more-scotch-tape/comment-page-1/#comment-4613 Max Mon, 25 Jul 2005 22:41:15 +0000 http://www.googlesightseeing.com/?p=439#comment-4613 thanx for the info pooms! thanx for the info pooms!

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