[kingu]

Took a few moments to find the image they were talking about - thankfully google helped me find the zip code.



Notice the trees on the right hand side of the image. The shadow of the trees is heading northwest, whereas the object has the light coming from the southwest.

It is an artifact added to the photo either as part of the processing, to cover up something else (take a glance at Washington DC on maps.google.com, especially federal buildings), or just put there to entertain us. It can not be an object that was originally part of the image because of the reflective highlights on the object vs the shadows from the trees.

For those who wish to view the image themselves, the zip code is 33407 - simply type that in at maps.google.com and you can see the same images.

[Las Vegas Dave]

I took a look at the shadows of the buildings, too close to call.

I am guessing the satellite is in orbit in the neighborhood of 300 miles above the surface of the Earth, the object in question is said to be at an altitude of approximately 20,000 feet. Assume that the properties are 100ft x 100ft per lot, the object appears to be the size of three of those lots, or 100 yards in diameter.

Of course it also can be one of the new M&M's silver candies that someone placed in front of the camera lens 300 miles high?

[GOPJ]

So which do you think it is?

It is an artifact added to the photo either as part of the processing, to cover up something else (take a glance at Washington DC on maps.google.com, especially federal buildings), or just put there to entertain us. It can not be an object that was originally part of the image because of the reflective highlights on the object vs the shadows from the trees.