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In addition to planes and boats, "islands" of garbage also exist and they range from the size of small cars to that of small cities.
by afreak 13y ago
In addition to planes and boats, "islands" of garbage also exist and they range from the size of small cars to that of small cities.
- yaur 13y agoThis particular type artifact is created because the plane is bright and moving FAST enough that it isn't in the same position relative to the sensor from the beginning of the image to the end. My best guess is that you need something moving at least 100MPH to see this effect at all and the position of the double image (assuming the same sensor) should be a function of the speed of the object. Islands of garbage moving fast enough to be mistaken for a plane are probably interesting in their own right.
- yaur 13y agoAs it turns out that the real problem here is that the all of the data from the 8th is in a pretty useless spot given what we know now. So what is useful to find is wreckage not planes. After looking at the data I'm also unconvinced that speed has anything to do with it and that the more likely cause is altitude.