PDA

View Full Version : Insect on a satellite lens


shrapnel
02-10-2006, 08:27 PM
Insect in a satellite lens? (http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=Germany&ie=UTF8&om=1&z=17&ll=48.857699,10.205451)

Click on the satellite link (upper right) ... :confused:
Jezza@HDTCQ
02-10-2006, 08:38 PM
theres bugs in space????

Starship Troopers was true!

Jez
VT LS1
02-10-2006, 08:39 PM
I think that the Germans are working on a new Beetle, it is said yo be a bit bigger than the current model, but that is just getting out of hand.....
shrapnel
02-10-2006, 08:41 PM
Unless the photos are scanned, maybe a squashed bug on a print. I thought they wouldn't print digital imagery then scan it in, what's the point?
C4B
03-10-2006, 07:30 AM
Considering the focal length of the camera in a satellite, you wouldn't even see an object sitting on/in the lens. (let along have it perfectly focused).

Forget about the bug, I smell a rat! :yup:
swingtan
03-10-2006, 07:43 AM
Google maps use a mixture of satellite and aerial photography. If you zoom out a bit you will find the satellite images for this map are full of clouds, which disappear when your zoom in. The "giant" earwig is m ore likely to have crawled across the camera window in the bottom of the plane and give that high "f" stops make aerial photography easier, the bug is still in focus.
Vulture
03-10-2006, 08:41 AM
That be one big bug grazing in the paddock.
alexcs
03-10-2006, 01:58 PM
all i get is a map of germany...
Ryzz
03-10-2006, 02:27 PM
all i get is a map of germany...

DOnt forget to click on satellite