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Posted on 02/21/2008 11:54:53 PM PST by skeptoid
Two papers. Two photographers. Infinite possibilities.
Almost the exact same picture.
"Of all the places we could have photographed during those many hours, we happened to photograph the exact same thing," said P-I photographer Josh Trujillo, who snapped a photo of an airplane passing in front of the darkened moon that was featured on the front page of the P-I's local section today
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I would be willing to bet a lot of money it was the same camera with pictures taken a second or 2 apart. The lights on the aircraft and the angles are just too similar.
I'm thinking with so many eyes looking at the same thing, I reckon it can't be that too coincidental?
I don’t think the it could be more than 1/10 of a second given the velocity a plane must travel (~160 mph?) on landing. 160mph = 235 ft/sec)
Looking at the level of the nose of the plane(s) (relative to 3 o’clock on the moon), I’d guess (if it was the same plane), it was landing.
Given that Boeing's largest assembly plants are in Seattle, it's not unusual for both Seattle newspapers to have an airplane slant to the photo.
It is also very likely if it was two photogs, they were set up right next to each other. There must be a well known spot somewhere near the Sea-Tac airport to grab those kind of shots.
I'm sure this isn't the first time an aircraft has been photographed against the moon.
Google popped up these two:
Well, they're both Seattle papers. Perhaps the two were photographers were at the same location viewing the eclipse?
Is that twin-engine jet trying to achieve escape velocity from lunar orbit?
BTW, don’t know if you remember this, but during an ABC Monday Night Football game, they had a camera trained on a full moon for about thirty seconds. About midway in that timeframe, a jet cut across the full lunar disc. It was one of the neatest things they ever showed on MNF. That, and Tony Dorsett’s 99 yard scamper against the Vikings. that was neat, too.
I don’t think it’s spooky. They were probably out all night snapping pictures, and having seen the airplane they would certainly have snapped it, because it was “different”.
And given they would expect most people to do the boring big ball of moon picture, a photographer would be expected to think their picture with an airplane was “different” and “unique”.
So it’s not all that surprising that two would do the same thing.
Then I’d have to think it’s two different planes or two different cameras or angles, or (heavens!) faked?
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