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Jul 06, 2009 22:34 |  #1

I've got proof that there is a landing strip on the dark side of the moon. And some HUGE aircrafts.

The TIFF file looks a lot better, but here is the evidence :-)

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Jul 07, 2009 00:16 |  #2

Very well timed capture. The back side is dark right now since it is a full moon ... and that is probably why the flight is on this side. :)

... but, not counting earth shine, the "back" side gets as much sunlight as the "front" side. And ... for all we know, they* might refer to this side as the "back" side since they* obviously don't live on this side.

* they = whoever or whatever uses that airport.


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Jul 07, 2009 08:30 |  #3

Oh it was total luck, never knew the plane was there. I was actually shooting people a house on a cliff for a customer from the other side of the bay -- while chimping I noticed a dirty line in the top of image when I looked I couldn't figure out what it was. When I got home I found this.


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Jul 07, 2009 08:37 |  #4

A photo very like this one won the "One Earth" category in the BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year awards in 2007.

It's a nice capture.

So's yours...


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Jul 08, 2009 21:28 |  #5

WoW thats freakin awesome.. Nice shot..




  
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Jul 09, 2009 12:25 |  #6

So some one in here has to be good at math. So like how big is that plane/UFO? Gotta be like a mile+ long! I bet that'll scare the crap out of "them". Good job.


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Jul 09, 2009 14:07 |  #7

Richtherookie wrote in post #8251729 (external link)
So some one in here has to be good at math. So like how big is that plane/UFO? Gotta be like a mile+ long! I bet that'll scare the crap out of "them". Good job.

If my math is correct, and assuming the plane was sitting on the surface of the moon, the plane is about 423 miles (680.7km) in length.


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Jul 10, 2009 00:07 |  #8

I really didn't think anyone would like so I didn't even try to fix the image. Here is my actual attempt at doing some PP to bring out the moon:

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Jul 10, 2009 10:53 |  #9

Maybe a bit much but I did some curves/levels and unsharp masking in PS.

Being a jpeg the artifacts are getting in the way a little but...

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Jul 10, 2009 11:24 |  #10

hehe. nice.


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Jul 11, 2009 08:01 |  #11

Very cool shot.......nice going...:D


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Jul 13, 2009 12:44 |  #12

Cool shot! I like the sizing of the original image.


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Jul 13, 2009 14:45 |  #13

great shot. love it and what luck :)


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