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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 647543  Switzerland04/01/2009 04:04 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| UP User ID: 596140  Australia04/01/2009 05:55 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | This is quite interesting. It does look exactly like water drops on the dome over the camera, but unless they were carefully put there as a prank..? And the plot thickens if you start looking around. Firstly, that camera position is not correctly marked on GE - it is not in Wolverley Lane, but on Bethnal Green Rd, near that intersection. Check out the sky views at nearby 1 & 2 Jersey Street (one street East) - was there an RAF display or something on that day? |
ºSPOTº  User ID: 625611  United Kingdom04/01/2009 06:02 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I went to the exact location on Google street view, but the ufo shot can only be seen if you move down from Wolverley Street to Bethnal Green Road. If you moved along Bethnal Green Road, the pictures changed as though the Google van took the shots on different days, possibly different weeks; but that's Google's inconsistency, the objects in the sky was real. I'm smarter than a rock |
| UP User ID: 596140 Australia04/01/2009 06:15 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Now, assuming that the camera takes a series of pictures within a second or two, and then stitches them together, that might suggest these things were very quickly moving across the sky. Look at them again - I can in fact believe they are a formation of aircraft in the classic diamond shape, heading away from the camera. Red Arrows? As I mentioned, there was clearly some sort of aerial display going on that day (see 1 Jersey St). I'm betting the funny shape is largely because of camera distortion and the way the planes are painted and lit - you can see that the lens is very unsharp in that region. As additional support,the red arrows use a nine plane diamond formation frequently: [link to www.aviationphoto.co.uk] and the Farnborough air show was on at around the time of the images, I believe.. Another mystery solved by 'UP'? |
| ºSPOTº User ID: 625611 United Kingdom04/01/2009 06:26 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Now, assuming that the camera takes a series of pictures within a second or two, and then stitches them together, that might suggest these things were very quickly moving across the sky. Look at them again - I can in fact believe they are a formation of aircraft in the classic diamond shape, heading away from the camera. Red Arrows? As I mentioned, there was clearly some sort of aerial display going on that day (see 1 Jersey St). Quoting: UP 596140I have seen a TV news report on google van; they mount a circular series of cameras on the van and take snaps simultaneously to be stitched up. Don't think they use wide angle lenses, so there should be no distortion in images. The pictures must have been taken on a bright summer day; if it was summer 2008, there was the Red Bull Air Race competition not far away in Canary Wharf. I'm smarter than a rock |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 647592 United Kingdom04/01/2009 06:36 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| UP User ID: 647608 Australia04/01/2009 07:05 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Now, assuming that the camera takes a series of pictures within a second or two, and then stitches them together, that might suggest these things were very quickly moving across the sky. Look at them again - I can in fact believe they are a formation of aircraft in the classic diamond shape, heading away from the camera. Red Arrows? As I mentioned, there was clearly some sort of aerial display going on that day (see 1 Jersey St). Quoting: ºSPOTºI have seen a TV news report on google van; they mount a circular series of cameras on the van and take snaps simultaneously to be stitched up. Don't think they use wide angle lenses, so there should be no distortion in images. The pictures must have been taken on a bright summer day; if it was summer 2008, there was the Red Bull Air Race competition not far away in Canary Wharf. They've used varying camera setups in different places/countries. But there is one thing for sure, the quality of the image can, and does suffer with lens distortions. And using stitched images doesn't remove that problem - they still have to use quite wide angle lenses, then there are stitching errors.. You can tell by the light pole next to it, that there is distortion and focus problems. |
