Mondo Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 Ever have the feeling someone is watching you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7evin Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 Wow...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pi7ot Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 If the guy had his own satellite.:ack: m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scannon Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 If the guy had his own satellite.:ack: m There are people who do have access to a satellite and those satellites can resolve the dimples on a golf ball from orbit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHKflyer52 Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 Just my belief but due to the angles shown in that clip that was just a very good camera with a very good lenses most likely mounted on a stand or a good telescope with video recording ability. The reason that I say that is at 2:22 time stamp the angle goes up to show the top of the ridge line and then zooms in to show a peak at 2:28 time stamp. I would bet it might have been a very good portable telescope normally used to look at the stars and planets with video recording ability and not a satellite but that is my belief and yes I do believe that there are satellites that can look down and see things that clearly also but not in that clip to stationary for one reason besides the expense and resources needed to do that would be very very big. Very Cool though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimrankin Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 I'm not sure just what you can see from space but hear it only depends on how much crap is in the air, the cameras can see down to your VIN number if it's clear enough. My family had some old property in Maine surveyed this past summer and the surveyor had a GPS unit that uses the "pay" GPS military grade signals, not the free stuff in our cars and phones. Set it up on a tripod and let it get set and you are within an inch or two of where it says. He only used the existing surveyors stakes and his optical equipment because some rules say he has to verify the GPS read outs. Walked 165 acres of odd shaped land boundries and when he came back and reset at the first mark, 3" off intentionally just for show, the thing read it was 3" off in the correct direction. Don't know how fast a missle can read the GPS signal but when they say they can not just hit the door, but ring the door bell button with it they probably aren't too far off. Strange to think about how fast things change when up to the late '70's they were using the same equipment that was used to set the Mason-Dixon Line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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