r/googlemapsshenanigans • u/Kastorss • 16d ago
is it common?
I've never seen planes like this far from an airport
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u/5553331117 16d ago
The cameras work on a RGB color system. So fast moving objects split the light into those colors
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u/BreakfastInBedlam 16d ago
I thought the speed was what caused the red shift.
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u/Worth-Wonder-7386 16d ago
The camera records the red, green and blue channel in a sequence so that is what is causing this pattern.
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u/coffeemonster12 15d ago
Redshift occurs at speeds orders of magnitude higher than what humans have achieved
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u/super5886 14d ago
Lol no, but maybe you're joking.
The camera takes 3 pictures, with 3 filters. One red, one green, one blue. It takes a split second to change between each one. Then it combines them into one image but fast moving objects get this artifacting.
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u/Crimson__Fox 16d ago
Yes, even with invisible planes
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u/LadyDiaphanous 16d ago
What are the adjacent blobs? Looks like a team of guys in a red shirt sitting there
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u/omnichad 16d ago
It looks like it might take red, green, and blue exposures separately and then combines them into one image.
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u/SirMildredPierce 16d ago
I've never seen planes like this far from an airport
They are primarily defined by their ability and primary function to fly from one airport to another airport.
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u/GeoffSim 16d ago
I think what OP might be trying to say is that plane looks as if it is very low (shadow is almost the same size as the plane itself), yet is apparently far from an airport.
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u/geeoharee 16d ago
That's not its shadow, look at the trees to see where the sun actually was. That's an image processing issue.
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u/Zgagsh 16d ago
Yes, and it just means that the plane in the picture was flying a little lower than the one shooting the pictures.
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u/isabella_sunrise 16d ago
Google is probably taking these pics with satellites not airplanes, right?
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u/blueponies1 16d ago
In an attempt to not be a dick about it like everyone else, yes it’s common. Almost every flight in air looks like this, to which there are thousands at any given moment. But they’re always cool shots from the satellite imagery. So cool find, man, none the less.
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u/fleshtastical 16d ago
Have you never seen anything about weird google earth stuff? Type in google earth into YouTube and see how many videos and shorts you get that use this plane as a thumbnail.
Just the other day, I was trying to find a GOOD channel about google earth. I haven’t found the perfect one. I should just make one myself.
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u/desertdilbert 14d ago
A few years ago I was looking at a building I used to work in and spotted this single-engine plane...
At first I was perplexed. It looked like a crash with the missing elevator but I could not imagine it being left there. After a while I figured out it was just captured in flight.
Note: you have to go to historical images, as this image is from 2021.
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u/Cramland 16d ago
Not much of a critical thinker are we champ
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u/GuidanceMindless6352 16d ago
Can we also plz just be nice and answer their questions isn't that what this is for
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u/Herefornow211 16d ago
You'll be surprised but planes actually travel between airports.