[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In a message dated 8/29/2003 6:48:22 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >> Interesting image of the blackout from a geosynchronous >> satellite.... > > Actually this photo is apparently a hoax or at least a composite of a > series of photos. _______________________________________________ > http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Yep. Among the more amusing ways to tell that the photo is fake:
- At the time stamp indicated, it would still be light over Alaska - Northern Canada is suspiciously warped - as if the satellite were doing a Mercator projection - The blackout zone is darker than Hudson's Bay
http://www.snopes.com/photos/blackout.asp
Whoops, my fault for not reading all the messages. But I provided a real link at least, to good photos.
Kevin T. - VRWC Sorry.
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