[OT]: What is this on Google Maps?

Walter Dnes waltdnes-SLHPyeZ9y/tg9hUCZPvPmw at public.gmane.org
Wed Oct 24 01:53:14 UTC 2007


On Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at 08:34:17AM +0000, Peter P. wrote

> How did you find this ?! ;-) Anyway the top-right side of the object
> is a clip between juxtaposed frames. The bottom seems to be normal
> yellowish orange ground clipped by a hole in the clouds. Maybe the
> ground color is not the normal one due to colorization.

  Not the first time that Google has used pictures taken at different
times.  http://www.theregister.com/2006/08/25/google_earth_two_seasons/
shows a rather dramatic example.

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