On 7 Feb 2003, at 21:51, David Masten wrote:
> On Fri, 2003-02-07 at 21:33, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > After reading Ian's account, it occurs to me to wonder: Would it be
> > worthwhile for him and other local observers to get together with
> > someone (perhaps a police sketch artist) who could turn their verbal
> > descriptions of the event into pictures?
> >
>
> I believe there are enough pictures of the shuttle over California. Ian has
> told me that he met up with an astronomical group taking both video and
> photos on Mt. Hamilton. I have seen videos from Ca. and Nevada, plus there
> are reports of several photos and videos from California that have not been
> publicly released.
>
I don't know that. In any case, the question of quality must be
considered. How many of those observers had to change sites and set
up again at the last minute, as Ian did? That circumstance works against
getting good pictures of a transient event like the shuttle reentry.
> Police sketches are of dubious usefulness anyway.
>
Perhaps. And I'm aware of witness variability. But the human visual
system is a very adaptable and versatile recorder of images. If enough
verbal accounts could be obtained and distilled down into pictures, the
common features might provide some worthwhile clues. Or they might
not; but under the circumstances I think it's an option that ought to be
considered.
Chris
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