honestly?  it looks like a stickpin.  the images on google maps are
actually scans of printouts of the original satellite imagery, not
direct digital pics.  (this done to allow the placement of blurs in
certain areas, as well as alignment with road maps.)  i think they are
likely an artifact from that proccess.


On 5/18/05, Terry Blanton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> >
> > From: Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 
> > That is interesting.  Hard to say what it is.  Could
> > it be a gamma or x-ray that hit the ccd?
> >
> > Paul
> 
> Perhaps.  I've been trying to find the shadow without success.  It *does* 
> seem to be outside the focal field of the lens but looks real.  Noting the 
> humorous post by leaking pen, it's possible that some of those images were 
> taken in sequence and the 'orb' is the same item in some of the frames.
> 
> Hmmm,  Paul, you're the bloke giving prometheus such a hard time in that 
> group.  Good show!
> 
> 


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