Flying colours
Google Maps has been going for over 15 years, however a lot of its imagery is up to date each few years, which explains why new, uncommon sightings continuously pop up on the service.That stated, it is comparatively uncommon to see fast-moving objects like planes – and stealth bombers particularly – in its patchwork of satellite tv for pc pictures. In 2017, Redditors found an airliner in mid-flight over the South Downs National Park within the UK, with that picture additionally displaying the identical crimson, inexperienced and blue artifacts because the B-2 Spirit shot, but it surely's nonetheless fairly uncommon.Google's technique of compiling its satellite tv for pc photographs has additionally created some barely spooky, aircraft-based anomalies. In 2019, a Google Earth person within the UK noticed what seemed to be the shadow of an plane beneath the ocean, simply off the coast of Edinburgh, Scotland.But a Google spokesperson advised The Mirror that "the reason it looks like the plane is underwater is because each satellite image you see on the map is actually a compilation of several images."The spokesperson added that "fast-moving objects, like planes, often show up in only one of the many images we use for a given area. When this happens, faint remnants of the fast-moving object can sometimes be seen." Or within the case of the stealth bomber, a surprisingly clear shot of the one of the vital recognizable plane ever made.