r/GoogleEarthFinds • u/Alea1er • 2d ago

Coordinates ✅ Unexpected plane

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I don't really understand what it's doing here? I suppose it went by at the moment the picture was take by the satellite and nobody noticed/cared to erase it? It has a hell of a vibe though I kinda like it!
49°51'19.6"N 2°49'33.5"E
edit: typo

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u/Afrogthatribbits 💎 Valued Contributor 2d ago

Yes planes can fly, and why would they bother with removing it?

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u/Alea1er 2d ago

Planes don't fly at the same speed as cars so I would guess it is pretty rare that they get a somewhat clear picture of one middle flight from space. They bother removing clouds, and it is very unusual to see planes outside of airports for what I've seen. Just take a peek at flightradar24 to see that the sky is pretty much continuously covered by planes that don't appear on the satellite view of google maps meaning they probably get removed some way or another.

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u/A-Chilean-Cyborg 2d ago

1) is common

2) is not clear

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u/QuipCrafter9 2d ago

super common and expected. we see this kind of post all the time.

its a plane, flying. you should expect to see that in high-altitude aerial photographs sometimes

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u/NilsTillander 1d ago

Only in satellite imagery. Survey flights are done lower than commercial aviation flight levels.

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u/mnchls 2d ago

for the love of god these stupid fucking plane posts need to be banned

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u/Herefornow211 1d ago

It's so annoying. I report all of them but they keep popping up like mushrooms. 

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u/impy695 1d ago

I think its pretty cool!

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u/WrongWaySlurps42069 2d ago

An airplane in the sky is pretty expected...

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u/No_Cook2983 1d ago

There are hundreds of planes at the bottom of earth’s oceans.

But we never hear about submarines in the sky.

Someone should look into that…

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u/Alea1er 2d ago

Since it's called google earth and not google sky I was a bit surprised. Plus the craft is moving at over 500kph meaning it's kind of a rare thing to capture I'd guess

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u/Trevo91 2d ago

The sky on earth is still part of… earth

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u/Sea-Huckleberry8971 2d ago

The plane flew under the satellite as it took this picture.

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u/suktinis 2d ago

You can't park there mate!

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u/Suitable-Class5662 1d ago

Bro can’t park there.

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u/sstopggap 1d ago

Flying planes on Google's satellite view is not that uncommon tbh.

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u/juksbox 1d ago

At first fast glance, I thought this was Auschwitz

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u/SF-NL 1d ago

It almost looks like it just came through that roundabout and is parked beside the building.

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u/seraphim_9 23h ago

Must have made a wrong turn on that roundabout. A common mistake.

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u/enilcReddit 15h ago

Some are bound to get missed.

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u/bdamarine 2d ago

It’s just flying through the satellite image 🤣🤣

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u/bwbandy 2d ago

Shouldn’t there be a shadow?

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u/matrixpancake 2d ago

There is a shadow