[OT] SLAM ER in google Earth
 

Seem to be a SLAM ER in flight over USA

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=e...m=1&iwloc=addr

(source MP.net)

OMG! :o

That picture is at least 10cm res level or better (never mind the difficulty of catching the thing in midair). The wonders of modern technology, where every person now has access 5cm (most likely) or better satellite pictures...

On GE the city of Sidney is beautiful with very high details, during the Australian Day, an google airplane flight over the city and take very precise aerial photgraphy.

http://elephant.pcinpact.com/images/bd/news/37916.jpg

What about giving EXACT coordinates on those chicks ? Especially that blonde in the right. :rotfl:

Edit: ok .. it was not so hard to find:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=e...06781&t=k&om=1

I am glad that the internet has given ordinary people a tiny percentage of the power governments have been abusing since the first surveillance satellite.

Very cool photo. I scrolled southwards to try to find a source platform, but it seems like you can't go far before the imagery switches over to a different date.

You have GOOD eyes. Just what were you really looking for?


P.S. It's a SLAM, not a SLAM-ER:up:

P.S.S. You CAN set waypoints for the missile. It may not have been launched directly from the south.

The smoke trail leads to the edge of that particular set of images.

Not on the download version of Google Earth. And the smoke trail dissapates. SLAM's don't use booster motors to launch from the air.

There is a missile test facility west of Salt Lake City - I believe close to or in Box Elder County.

This is one of the cooler things I've seen on Google Earth. :up:

PD

Umm, guys...
 

Umm guys...drop the conspiracy theories, will yah? Take a REAL close look and you'll see darker painted wings on the objects. It's an airplane. Probably a DC-9 or newer. Think fuselage, thin wings and rearmounted tail engines, hence the thin combustion trail.

It was amusing though, but it IS an aircaft :D

I honestly hope you are joking...

I know a hell of alot about airplanes, heck I even fly them, to tell you that that IS a MISSILE!!! Tell me, why would something that big (you say a DC-9) have such small wings? The dark spots you are seeing is a shadow of the ground. In fact, click this link. Type in Orlando International Airport in the search box. What you are seeing is beautiful Orlando International Airport, with four terminal buildings that are in a square arrangement. They are shaped like "T"s and "Y"s. Go to the bottom right "Y" shaped stucture. See the plane parked at the bottom right of this building? That's a DC-9. Explain how an object that's closer to the satallite gets smaller?

Hey ASWNut .. look closer .. it really IS a plane. Here is brightened version:

http://roger.questions.cz/other/plane.jpg

The wings are dark and these are no shadow. You can also see that the trail is double at the beginning (not on this picture, on the google).
Also size of the object is roughly 100ft. That is too much for cruise missile.

Thumb up for the sharp eye of Lt. Staumeier.

Btw. note how '2006 google' watermark popped up with the contrast change.

Ahhhhh but of course :oops: Can't believe I fell for that one.

It's difficult to wager how big it is. The scale on google maps, I presume, is for sea level. Unless the plane is flying at 0 feet, then it's closer to the camera than what the scale measures, and is shorter (did I get that right?) than 100ft.

You guys should look in the Groom lake area. If you zoom to far in most of the Test Range, it's restricted, I wonder why :hmm:
:rotfl:

Just so you know, I "accidentally" went to that area when I was looking for UFO's and proof of Aliens. I know Area51 is not real BUT THEM DARN ALIENS ARE I tell ya.:yep:
:rotfl:

By the way, If anyone gets the chance to look at Las Vegas, can someone please tell me where the stratosphere tower is? I see the hotel. I even see the shadow of the tower, but the tower is gone I tell you, it's just gone :o

Ok if those dark things are wings, then why is there only one vertical stabilizer (elevator)?

Lookie, lookie:

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w...Wnut/plane.jpg

Where oh where did the left stabilizer go? I know a plane can't fly with it. Also, not many, if any, airlines/aircraft have the wings painted black while the rest of the plane is white.

ASWNut .. ok .. think what you want. But that's 100% plane for me. As for the right stabilizer, the photo is really awful and even wings are hard to see. I guess the stabilizer vanished because of JPG compression.

As for size, sure .. size of the object depends on the distance from camera, and in very simple way .. half distance, double size. If this was airplane photo, it could have be even smaller object. How much smaller ? Is this satellite or airplane photo ?

Even high layer of clouds is visible. The object leaves visible trail which is not smoke but condensed steam. Smoke would start right behind the engine. Jet engines leaves steam trails only at high altitudes .. lets say more than 5000m (15000ft).

All aerial and satellite photomaps are made by series of pictures, each picture is taken in slightly different time as the airplane or satellite moves. Each picture captures one CONE of the space. While sea-level terrain is continuous, altitudes closer to the camera are not continuous. We see here something flying with pretty long trail .. and the trail is all there, not splitted. Which mean whole trail was taken as a part of one snapshot.

Max angle of view of these cameras is less than 90 degrees. With 90 degrees camera view the photo-taking airplane would have to be about 7000ft higher that this object. This is absolute minimum, when the object with the trail would be right at the edges of the image. Lets say the photo-airplane would fly at least 22000 ft. Hm .. quite possible.

Then there are perspective changes. For aircraft photography, only objects at the center of the sub-image are displayed from top. Objects at border are displayed slightly from side, depending on camera angle of view. This perspective changes non-continuously at the edges of individual sub-images. You can for example see part of building from left .. and some other part of the same building from right.
Nothing like this can be seen in nearby city. All buildings are straight from top. Which looks like narrow-angle camera and larger distance .. which would be used on satellite.

Anyway .. because of the long trail .. if this was taken from aircraft .. and if the object moves at the bottom of trail-forming altitude. Then the photo-aircraft was a lot higher .. about 3/2 of the altitude, but let's expect even more. Than the object would have 33ft at minimum. Still too much, isn't it ?
If this is satellite image, the size can vary less than 10% even for aircrafts.

Also .. do such missiles fly in altitudes high enough to form trails ?

But as I said .. I clearly see an airplane, you can even see the dark glass at the front with little fantasy.

Definetly an aircraft.Probably an md80.Probably one from AA as their aircraft are in metal finish.Note area around wing box is painted and so is horizontal stabilizer aft of the leading edge.
http://www.mypage.bluewin.ch/memerz/...ics/aa_s80.jpg