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Google Maps view of ATL Runway 8R/26L shows something very strange!
Let’s see if you can find it! Better yet, what is the explanation? Happy Monday! (www.google.com) More...
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This is a layered composite image. It was constructed using images of the same location at different times. In Google Earth they spend a lot of effort actually deleting planes from airports because the compositing process makes the planes look silly. A 747-8 could look like a miniaturized SP.
Okay, I'll bite.
1. the shadow of a ERJ/CRJ/Angry Puppy next to the EMAS at the approach end of 26R,
2. an aircraft on the runway taxiing eastbound while you have another aircraft LUAW on 26L.
3. the shadow of a CRJ (this one is a CRJ, you can see the winglets) off the approach end of 8L, appearing to land.
With that, I agree with Highflyer. Runway configuration change, from east ops to west ops, and Google caught the images in the middle of that transition.
1. the shadow of a ERJ/CRJ/Angry Puppy next to the EMAS at the approach end of 26R,
2. an aircraft on the runway taxiing eastbound while you have another aircraft LUAW on 26L.
3. the shadow of a CRJ (this one is a CRJ, you can see the winglets) off the approach end of 8L, appearing to land.
With that, I agree with Highflyer. Runway configuration change, from east ops to west ops, and Google caught the images in the middle of that transition.
Wow that’s cool- didn’t notice the shadow! So they flipped the airfield in between orbits! Crazy
Doesn't even have to be the same day to be honest.
no you guys are all wrong the worlds a simulation trust me
Kind of like this view:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/O'Hare+International+Airport/@42.0128618,-87.9302693,657m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x880fb4276a7762f3:0x511747070259ad4b!8m2!3d41.9741625!4d-87.9073214
https://www.google.com/maps/place/O'Hare+International+Airport/@42.0128618,-87.9302693,657m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x880fb4276a7762f3:0x511747070259ad4b!8m2!3d41.9741625!4d-87.9073214
