Thing Attacks New York
Tuesday, 23rd January 2007 by James Turnbull
Watch out below! It looks like Thing (you know, the severed hand from the Addams Family) has grown thousands of times in size and is attacking New York City! Run for the hills! Aiiieeeeee!
Hang on, turns out that the monstrous hand is just décor for New York's Madame Tussauds. Panic over.
Thanks: Mike Fraser
Hey, sweet! I went to New York recently, and that hand was right outside my room. I should have thought to submit it…
This also always freaks me out…
https://www.googlesightseeing.com/maps?p=&c=&t=k&hl=en&ll=40.754757,-73.983827&z=19
Hey RJ,
how about there: https://www.googlesightseeing.com/maps?p=&c=&t=k&hl=en&ll=40.74811,-73.986745&z=18 https://www.googlesightseeing.com/maps?p=&c=&t=k&hl=en&ll=40.74366,-73.987958&z=18 https://www.googlesightseeing.com/maps?p=&c=&t=k&hl=en&ll=40.70612,-74.005913&z=18
or actually it seems to be worse in Chicago View Placemark View Placemark View Placemark View Placemark
Gesh – They are definitely some strange angles in those links!!!
Yeah, eat your heart out Escher!
Maybe I’m just obtuse or failed geometry in high school, but can anyone explain to me why it is that the images of these buildings seem to be at such strange angles?
Here’s my guess: the plane or satellite that took the images used more than one pass for each target area. On each successive pass, the ground is at a slightly different angle relative to the camera. This difference usually isn’t enough to notice, but the height of the skyscrapers really emphasizes it.
The explanation for the angles seems sound – and the blending technology to make the images appear seamless in spite of them is quite remarkable. I would guess that that technology is also responsible for these two ‘semi submersed’ ghosts not far from the THING (though I can’t quite explain them): View Placemark View Placemark On the QM2 the bow seems to be under water AND stuck under a ramp. And along the port side you can see waves above the ship’s structures…
42nd street:)