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[ukdave2002]

Whilst looking for something around Coniston, Google Earth includes a plane flying over, never seen this before, thinking about it, given the number of planes in the sky it's surprising they don't pop up more often?

[MikeEdwards]

It's always seemed strange that Heathrow, for example, has no planes on view in the aerial view. I expect there's something about processing the differences between multiple images, but that doesn't explain why there are vehicles in view on the road.
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1976 Vauxhall HP Firenza, 1976 Vauxhall Sportshatch (x2), 1986 Audi coupe quattro, 2000 Audi TT

[bjacko]

That is very rare and interesting. Maybe a case for monitoring aircraft who have called a Pan or mayday.
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1938 Morris 8 Ser II Coupe Utility (Pickup)
1985 Rover SD1 VDP

[ukdave2002]

It got me thinking, " where is the camera that takes the picture?" if its on a plane then there has to be some significant separation between the 2 aircraft, or a satellite, in which case its a dam good lens!

I have spent quite a lot of time in this area, there are frequent low level military aircraft, but I can't remember seeing a "low" level commercial aircraft, even if it only took off from Glasgow, it must be at, at least 10,000ft?

[MikeEdwards]

I was under the impression that it's satellite imagery, and that Google have their own satellites these days, rather than buying access to others. I don't know if it's really true that proper satellite cameras can read a newspaper on the ground, or whether that's just in spy novels.
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1976 Vauxhall HP Firenza, 1976 Vauxhall Sportshatch (x2), 1986 Audi coupe quattro, 2000 Audi TT

[bjacko]

They can pick up every detail on the ground which is why they are so useful during wars.
The aircraft making a contrail would have to be fairly high depending on the weather.
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1938 Morris 8 Ser II Coupe Utility (Pickup)
1985 Rover SD1 VDP