Pictures you didn't take - Page 31

glatt · 05-01-2013, 08:32 AM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

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

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

Quote:

Originally Posted by glatt

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

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

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gravdigr

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.

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

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.

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.

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

from APOD

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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!

05-01-2013, 08:37 AM	#452
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	That takes me to the Philippines? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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05-01-2013, 10:46 AM	#459
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I should think Google Earth would disregard the "and", hell, they do other places. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-01-2013, 11:39 AM	#461
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Why those are beautiful waterfront villas, you might even see one of Imelda's old shoes float by. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-02-2013, 07:12 AM	#462
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Man, Team Cellar really went to town on this one. So, what was the guy's third grade teacher's middle name? __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

05-01-2013, 08:42 AM	#453
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Maybe I typed it wrong?

05-01-2013, 10:18 AM	#456
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	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.

05-01-2013, 11:31 AM	#460
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	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.

05-02-2013, 08:32 AM	#463
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	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.

05-06-2013, 03:34 PM	#464
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	from APOD ETA: I don't actually know where I found this pic, solly. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

05-06-2013, 03:38 PM	#465
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	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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