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glatt 05-01-2013 08:32 AM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce (Post 863399)
I can't find it on Google Earth.

At 28 degrees 36' 35" N and 81 degrees 03' 34" W, there is a roughly 2500 foot tall tower 28 miles away from launch pad 39A.

He could have been halfway up that one. I didn't look for the tower that is in the shot. Depending on the zoom he was using, that one could be pretty close to his camera, or really far away.

xoxoxoBruce 05-01-2013 08:37 AM

That takes me to the Philippines?

glatt 05-01-2013 08:42 AM

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Maybe I typed it wrong?
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Gravdigr 05-01-2013 09:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glatt (Post 863418)
28 degrees 36' 35" N and 81 degrees 03' 34" W

Copy/paste that (^^^) , without the words 'degrees' & 'and', into GooglEarth. You get Glatt's pic.

Gravdigr 05-01-2013 09:31 AM

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Originally Posted by ZenGum (Post 863396)
Wait a goddamn minute.

This dude has unlawfully scaled a 900 foot radio mast at night,...and got home by parachute???!!!

Six times, no less!

Quote:

I travelled 5 hours round-trip to this location for at least 5 prior night launches

glatt 05-01-2013 10:18 AM

Too much of a time waster.

I think the picture was taken at the coordinates I gave before, and the tower in the left side of the image is located at 28°46'39.22"N, 80°53'18.17"W.

Hard to tell from the photo if the lights are the town of Titusville or the NASA facility.

Anyway, I'm done looking.

xoxoxoBruce 05-01-2013 10:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Gravdigr (Post 863427)
Copy/paste that (^^^) , without the word 'degrees', into GooglEarth. You get Glatt's pic.

I did, 28, 36' 35" N and 81, 03' 34" W, and it takes me to the Philippines. I just did it again without the comma after 28 and 81 and got same thing. :confused:

OK, had to take out the "and", then it went to Florida. :blush:

Gravdigr 05-01-2013 10:38 AM

Damn if it don't. That's just weird, as none of those numbers are even close.

xoxoxoBruce 05-01-2013 10:46 AM

I should think Google Earth would disregard the "and", hell, they do other places. :facepalm:

glatt 05-01-2013 11:31 AM

It doesn't take you to a very nice neighborhood in the Philippines either. Can you imagine living in one of those shanties on the canal right next to the sewage treatment plant? How do you even get to your shanty? Do you have to walk through everyone else's shanty for a mile until you get to yours? And do you have people walking through yours to get to theirs? I don't see any room between them for a path.

xoxoxoBruce 05-01-2013 11:39 AM

Why those are beautiful waterfront villas, you might even see one of Imelda's old shoes float by. :haha:

ZenGum 05-02-2013 07:12 AM

Man, Team Cellar really went to town on this one.

So, what was the guy's third grade teacher's middle name?

Lamplighter 05-02-2013 08:32 AM

Pay attention Z, we've been thru this before.

... his name is "Wilie E Coyote" and he buys his gear from the Acme Parachute Company.

Gravdigr 05-06-2013 03:34 PM

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ETA: I don't actually know where I found this pic, solly.

glatt 05-06-2013 03:38 PM

I've seen these types of images before, but they are still so impressive. That thing is flying very fast, so the timing is critical, as is getting the right location to take it from. And then little details like getting the focus and exposure right. Most impressive!


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