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Aha! Here we go. Here's a telephone pole: https://earth.google.com/web/search/39.0303298,-93.58495/@39.0303223,-93.58490691,230.87707932a,67.38914248d,35y,351.2
by oppositelock 5y ago
Aha! Here we go. Here's a telephone pole:
https://earth.google.com/web/search/39.0303298,-93.58495/@39.0303223,-93.58490691,230.87707932a,67.38914248d,35y,351.22667355h,0t,0r/data=CigiJgokCfFGDVg6ZERAEaGjgcDYWkRAGSWqyHhIeFLAIXtTdN2bf1LA https://earth.google.com/web/search/39.0303298,-93.58495/@39...
We know that telephone poles stick about 32 feet from the ground. Measuring the shadow in Google Earth above, it's about 20 feet. Now, it's a simple ratio.
Using Earth, I measured the distance from the plane to its shadow at about 2430 feet, that would put it at 3,900ft, which is surprisingly low, but I don't know the height of that pole for sure. It's the right ballpark, though.
- mountainofdeath 5y agoThe B2 is based out of Whiteman AFB near Warrensburg, MO so roughly 25 miles or 40 km south of where the plane is so it is probably on its final approach to land or just took off.
- abrowne 5y agoNot too low if landing? From another comment: > This one was probably on final approach during the summer when the winds are usually out of the south and was probably about 2,000 feet above the ground. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29628167 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29628167
- rookderby 5y agoProbably headed to Whiteman AFB. Here's one parked: https://www.google.com/maps/place/38%C2%B043'29.7%22N+93%C2%B033'36.9%22W/@38.7249302,-93.5608583,265m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x0:0xcb5e5c0d39e9ba83!7e2!8m2!3d38.7249291!4d-93.5602414 https://www.google.com/maps/place/38%C2%B043'29.7%22N+93%C2%...