What did you find in Satellite photos today?

[BurnsideBob]

Was surprised to find this. Anyone know why the shadow would be rendered bright white? It was that bright dot that led me to zoom in.

Burnside

[aiwetir]

That's not it's shadow as you can see the shadows of the trees are on the NW sides of them.

This is your answer though

https://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archive ... ffect.html

TLDR
Satellites take low res RGB and high res monochrome images nearly simultaneously but not exactly simultaneous.
The bright thing is the RGB and the sharp image is the high resolution monochrome portion of the capture.
In things that don't move the blend the monochrome into the RGB to improve the perceived resolution

[BurnsideBob]

Michael:

Thanks for a great explanation!

Anyone else with a satellite photo find?

I was hoping my post would stimulate the sharing of more "finds".

Burnside

[adamschneider]

I've found a few small airplanes and at least one helicopter, but never a jet airliner.

Helicopter near the mouth of Mosier Creek:

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Private jet above Bridal Veil Creek near Telluride, Colorado:

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[Charley]

I always enjoy coming across these:

[jime]

Goat Marsh Mt St Helens

[Jbar290]

Thing north of horseshoe falls. West fork Lr

[teachpdx]

Stumbled across this recently on Google Earth.

Captured the day after the 2013 EF5 tornado in Moore, OK. Subsequent satellite views show the rebuilding of the city over the following years.

Rewind the historical imagery to May 2013.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Moore_tornado