Just one for the conspiracy theorists in all of us… I saw this at LightStalkers.com, a photography site. Well, if we think about it, not even the very mysterious Area 51 in Nevada (the Groom Lake area) is blocked by Google Earth (first picture).
Area 51
Now, what the heck is under that black swath on the border of USA and Canada? I don’t buy the theory of a satellite blind spot or it being so precise if it was one. Hey, I didn’t started it, I’m just as curious as everyone else…
U.S. / Canada 1
U.S. / Canada 2
U.S. / Canada 3
By the way, I was reading Google Earth License and this is a NON COMMERCIAL USE of those pictures and I’m not exporting information to any “questionable country”. If this is considered export of information, to friends or foes, then the Feds have a bigger problem than they think, i.e. the WHOLE FREACKING INTERNET…
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Dad
Hi Luis,
I checked out the Google Earth pics you recommended and I’d like to know what the heck is under that black swath, too. (grins) I have been real busy with the holidaze and work, so I didn’t get around to it until today.
Heres hoping you are having a great set of holidaze and all the best for the New Year.
Great site, BTW! Keep up the ‘good work’!
Leonard the Fast
Re: Blind Spot…
This is actually an ariel photo thaken from a plane flying between 25,000 and 50,000 feet altitude. These planes fly in somewhat square or rectangular patterns, and lo and behold, they sometimes run out of film, or have overexposure issues.
Looking at the surrounding area confirms that most of this “Mosaique” was flown at different times I.E. Spring VS Winter.
It is customary practice to use a basic satellite image as a guide to help align the different ariel photos, hence the term “satellite image”.
Sorry to let the air out of all you conspiracy theory folks, but here is a tidbit for your consideration…
“Sensitive” areas, are usually filmed at a lower resolution, or deliberately blurred or smudged, NOT blacked out. Critical features like missle silos can be easily obsuured by foliage and other camaflouage implementations well enough to be sufficiently undectable using the low-res photos.
Anyway it is a moot point, as real spies also have aricraft with really good side-looking cameras, which can “see” these images in high resolution from dozens of miles over a neighboring border, or from a discreet distance within the existing airspcace of the targeted country’s asset of interest.
Remember, the only thing this blurring tactic is effective against would be bad guys wanting to attaqck a prominent building, which is why the White House is “Blurred in this manner.
Nevertheless, it would be quite simple to take existing paper maps and a hand held camera on the ground to collect enough data to compensate for the blurred photos.
We invent a countermeasure, and “they” develop a “workaround”. Such is the arms race.
Dozer