Tuesday 16 August 2011

Google Maps Captures 'Rainbow' Plane In Flight Over Chicago


An image from Google Maps of Hyde Park in Chicago, USA. The rainbow effect could have been caused by a satellite imaging process that consisted of 'several colored exposures taken over a few seconds and then combined.' Map picture here.

(via Environmental Graffiti)

3 comment(s):

High Power Rocketry said...

Also in brooklyn:

http://highpowerrocketry.blogspot.com/2010/11/plane-crash-in-brooklyn.html

Gerard Baquer said...

Yes, Google Maps and Google Street View have provided us with some weird and astonishing captures. I still remember the story of a man who was cheating on his wife. She discovered the whole affair because of a Goggle Street View Capture which was taken when her husband was about to enter to his secret lover's house.

I'm going to write a post on this in my blog, The Holy Pencil

Chris Johnston said...

You saw that effect a lot in the early days of color video, especially the TV footage from the Apollo missions.
When an object moved suddenly, there would be that separation into red, green and blue.
Here's Apollo 15 commander Dave Scott tripping on a rock...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNN7fTMfRVc