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That's not how light works at all lol.
When a car has its lights on, from overhead, does the car disappear? Let's look at some photos and see. The brightly-lit street correlates with the brightly-lit water in the pilot's photos. Can you see the dark shapes of the cars?
originally posted by: oldcarpy
The OP claims that these photos were taken in the middle of the Pacific Ocean and nowhere near land. I looked at the pilots website and he says he was flying over the Pacific southeast of the Russian Kamchatka Peninsula. The website shows the exact position.
So, it was not in the middle of the Pacific at all so one wonders why the OP claims it was.
originally posted by: oldcarpy
a reply to: peacefulpete
But this is not bioluminescence - its floodlights illuminating it.
originally posted by: oldcarpy
a reply to: peacefulpete
Your photos of cars are not taken at 30,000 feet or whatever so what's your point? Give it up, man.
originally posted by: oldcarpy
a reply to: InhaleExhale
Yes. No one apart from the OP has, as far as I can tell, claimed that this was in the middle of the Pacific Ocean so I wonder if this was just a made up lie to add another layer of mystery. If so, then that is pretty sad.
Red lights over the Pacific - August 2014
In the night of 24-25 August 2014, I flew one of our 747-8s from Hong Kong to Anchorage. While flying over the vast Pacific Ocean, somewhere southeast of the Russian Kamchatka Peninsula, I had one of the strangest experiences of my life. Around five hours into our flight with Japan a long time behind us, we were cruising at a comfortable 34.000 ft with about four and half hours to go towards Alaska.
The number of feet is irrelevant.
I wasn't addressing elevation, I was addressing the ridiculous idea that the boats were disappearing because of the floodlights engulfing them. It's really not how light works, and my street photos show that.
The cars are unlit objects which correlate to the boats (unlit objects). The car headlights correlate with the boat's spotlights. So with all conditions parallel (re: light), the street photos show that the cars' dark mass obviously does not vanish from the headlights or from the illuminated background.
Just like we see the dark shapes of the cars, we would expect to see the dark shapes of boats, if there were boats in the photos from the sighting.
For anyone to know for sure, the person would have had to be swimming in the middle of the Pacific Ocean during the sighting lol.
Um do you still have trouble understanding that he was flying over the middle of the Pacific Ocean? He was halfway between Japan and Alaska.
InhaleExhale:
Do you always laugh at your own jokes ?
The same logic would mean that at nighttime, when you turn on the lights in your house, then your house disappears lol.
And that cars driving at night, would disappear, because of their headlights and the streetlights.
Light works exactly the opposite of how you described it. Light illuminates objects and makes them MORE VISIBLE.
You are funny for a troll.
originally posted by: [post=23551464]InhaleExhale
I was even going to mention cars in that last post and how from that altitude something that size is a dot, fishing boats will be slightly larger but not ocean liner size and still will be drowned out by bright lights from that altitude and not visible.
How about a pic of a car from the same altitude as the plane is flying and then we can compare?
Seriously the 2 comparisons you have asked us to do really indicates something lacking on your behalf.
I was going to reply to the absolutely stupid comparison of pics you asked readers to do when you post a pic of plane from a close up and say it doesn't compere to the pics taken from the plane at who knows what altitude.
In the other thread its perspective, this thread its contrast.
the way you explained numerous times what was done was telling readers that it was contrast then you decide to mention saturation. Every time you tried explaining what was done to the pics with colors you were describing contrast adjustments.
originally posted by: InhaleExhale
originally posted by: oldcarpy
The OP claims that these photos were taken in the middle of the Pacific Ocean and nowhere near land. I looked at the pilots website and he says he was flying over the Pacific southeast of the Russian Kamchatka Peninsula. The website shows the exact position.
So, it was not in the middle of the Pacific at all so one wonders why the OP claims it was.
Its like many "researchers" they simply parrot or give vague explanation that can easily be interpreted as something else or in this case just claim one thing (chances are they are parroting the middle of the pacific claim) when in fact its 1000s of Km from the middle of the Pacific.
I get it if its chit chat and these things we are discussing are simply entertainment but if there we want to find out what things are that are unique or unidentified then half ass research and parroting other site sand YouTube videos only brings the ATS community confusion.
When researching anything one need to use precise language to make clear the points being made so there is no confusions or chance of misinterpretation.
I like the passion some have but the way they go about their research and how they present things sometimes hinders moving forward or finding a clear cut answer.
originally posted by: InhaleExhale
a reply to: peacefulpete
The number of feet is irrelevant.
Yes distance and perspective is irrelevant in observation, you made that clear in another thread when in fact they the very important factors when observing something.
I wasn't addressing elevation, I was addressing the ridiculous idea that the boats were disappearing because of the floodlights engulfing them. It's really not how light works, and my street photos show that.
Light doesn't travel in all directions?
Objects passing in front of the sun are still visible?
Yes, because of the elevation at which the plane is flying the boats will disappear when looking down on illuminated surface, if the lights are bright enough they engulf any small objects when viewing from afar, as you get closer you will start to see the objects that were engulfed by the light.
The cars are unlit objects which correlate to the boats (unlit objects). The car headlights correlate with the boat's spotlights. So with all conditions parallel (re: light), the street photos show that the cars' dark mass obviously does not vanish from the headlights or from the illuminated background.
Is the photo we are discussing at street level like the pics you comparing too or are they where planes fly, high in the sky?
Just like we see the dark shapes of the cars, we would expect to see the dark shapes of boats, if there were boats in the photos from the sighting.
The logic is astounding.
Objects passing in front of the sun are still visible?
Yes, because of the elevation at which the plane is flying the boats will disappear when looking down on illuminated surface, if the lights are bright enough they engulf any small objects when viewing from afar, as you get closer you will start to see the objects that were engulfed by the light.
"Just like we see the dark shapes of the cars, we would expect to see the dark shapes of boats, if there were boats in the photos from the sighting."
The logic is astounding.
originally posted by: InhaleExhale
a reply to: peacefulpete
For anyone to know for sure, the person would have had to be swimming in the middle of the Pacific Ocean during the sighting lol.
You have be a troll.
Um do you still have trouble understanding that he was flying over the middle of the Pacific Ocean? He was halfway between Japan and Alaska.
or simply just ignorant of very basic things.
Half way between Alaska and Japan is no where near the middle of the Pacific.
Thanks for proving my point by the way of how you express yourself to cause confusion or misinterpretation.
Just look at a map for crying out loud.