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Speaking of the Chesapeake, anyone know what this is?
It's not on a chart that I can see. I don't think it's a ship.
There's no wake and no detail like a ship would have. An oil spill? It could be just a smudge on the picture. There's a few more blobs like it just to the south. http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=38.98...07832&z=17&t=k Steve |
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Speaking of the Chesapeake, anyone know what this is?
Steve wrote:
It's not on a chart that I can see. I don't think it's a ship. There's no wake and no detail like a ship would have. An oil spill? It could be just a smudge on the picture. There's a few more blobs like it just to the south. http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=38.98...07832&z=17&t=k Steve Would you see a wake? It looks like a ship to me. Maybe one that is anchored. |
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Speaking of the Chesapeake, anyone know what this is?
On Wed, 26 Sep 2007 09:38:06 -0400, Rosalie B.
wrote: Steve wrote: It's not on a chart that I can see. I don't think it's a ship. There's no wake and no detail like a ship would have. An oil spill? It could be just a smudge on the picture. There's a few more blobs like it just to the south. http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=38.98...07832&z=17&t=k Steve Would you see a wake? It looks like a ship to me. Maybe one that is anchored. Whenever you're asked to look at blotch and give an opinion on what is, just say "Cincinnati Reds." Works every time. --Vic |
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Speaking of the Chesapeake, anyone know what this is?
On 2007-09-26 08:26:30 -0400, Steve said:
It's not on a chart that I can see. I don't think it's a ship. There's no wake and no detail like a ship would have. An oil spill? It could be just a smudge on the picture. There's a few more blobs like it just to the south. http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=38.98...07832&z=17&t=k My vote is oil slick. It's pretty huge compared to the boats to the east, and the smaller blobs to the south follow usual traffic flows, as if a big boat started losing oil and stopped when the engine complained. As it's well east off the major channel and even pretty far off of the eastern one, I suspect a largish private boat, not heavy metal, as I believe the currents are strongly north/south in that narrows. Whomever, that's pretty black. Interesting pic, though: First time I've seen a spacial discontinuity like that in the middle of the bridge. -- Jere Lull Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD Xan's new pages: http://web.mac.com/jerelull/iWeb/Xan/ Our BVI pages: http://homepage.mac.com/jerelull/BVI/ |
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Speaking of the Chesapeake, anyone know what this is?
On Wed, 26 Sep 2007 09:38:06 -0400, Rosalie B.
wrote: Steve wrote: It's not on a chart that I can see. I don't think it's a ship. There's no wake and no detail like a ship would have. An oil spill? It could be just a smudge on the picture. There's a few more blobs like it just to the south. http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=38.98...07832&z=17&t=k Steve Would you see a wake? It looks like a ship to me. Maybe one that is anchored. If it was moving, you'd see a wake. They're very visible on all the other boats in the area. Steve |
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Speaking of the Chesapeake, anyone know what this is?
On Wed, 26 Sep 2007 22:22:28 GMT, Jere Lull wrote:
On 2007-09-26 08:26:30 -0400, Steve said: It's not on a chart that I can see. I don't think it's a ship. There's no wake and no detail like a ship would have. An oil spill? It could be just a smudge on the picture. There's a few more blobs like it just to the south. http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=38.98...07832&z=17&t=k My vote is oil slick. It's pretty huge compared to the boats to the east, and the smaller blobs to the south follow usual traffic flows, as if a big boat started losing oil and stopped when the engine complained. As it's well east off the major channel and even pretty far off of the eastern one, I suspect a largish private boat, not heavy metal, as I believe the currents are strongly north/south in that narrows. Whomever, that's pretty black. Interesting pic, though: First time I've seen a spacial discontinuity like that in the middle of the bridge. I drive across that bridge a lot and never noticed it shift like that. Seems like all the cars would just fall right in. Steve |
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Speaking of the Chesapeake, anyone know what this is?
Steve wrote:
It's not on a chart that I can see. I don't think it's a ship. There's no wake and no detail like a ship would have. An oil spill? It could be just a smudge on the picture. There's a few more blobs like it just to the south. http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=38.98...07832&z=17&t=k Steve A. I have been over this bridge many times and there is nothing there. B. I am nearly positive it is an artifact from scanning. |
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