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This was taken very early in the day, as witnessed by the sharp northwestern shadows and disorganization in the crowd. I'd guess it was around 7am based on when
by thomasmallen 18y ago
This was taken very early in the day, as witnessed by the sharp northwestern shadows and disorganization in the crowd. I'd guess it was around 7am based on when the sun came up today here.
- TweedHeads 18y agoExactly my thoughts. Whether it was done on purpose to try to diminish the magnitude of the event, or a stupid mistake from the publisher. It was packed to the roof with more than a million souls.
- thomasmallen 18y agoIt was so crowded that on WTOP by 7:30 they were suggesting that listeners stay home. There were already over 200k Metro rides by 7am which is absurd.
- maximilian 18y agoI'm sure they would have wanted to have the satellite orbit at the appropriate time, but changing the orbit to coincide with a specific time isn't exactly cheap or easy.
- thomasmallen 18y agoThat being said, you wouldn't need a satellite to take these pictures. Also, the Mall is under constant (heavy) surveillance.
- projectileboy 18y agoSeconded. It's too bad; it would be cool to have a sat image of the mall during Obama's speech.
- kirse 18y agoWhile you may be hoping that the event appeared larger, these satellite photos were actually taken at about 1100-1130am, which would be pretty close to the peak attendance at the Inauguration. Using this map that utilizes the Washington Monument as a sundial, we can estimate the time based on the shadow provided by the monument: http://sundials.org/links/local/images/washmon.htm http://sundials.org/links/local/images/washmon.htm