Help Search For Steve Fossett Via New Images On Google Earth

Help Search For Steve Fossett Via New Images On Google Earth

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A number of organizations have banded together to provide use of GeoEye satellite photos of Nevada territory over which Fossett flew, but failed to return to his takeoff point. GeoEye is a private Earth remote sensing satellite imagery provider.

Now, using Google Earth and a special file to access newly snapped satellite imagery of Fossett’s last whereabouts, you too can join in on the search via your computer.

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The new imagery is sharp enough to spot wreckage of a small plane, unless he crashed into an area covered in foliage and the plane is obscured.

It just may turn out that a Google Earth user will be the one to spot the plane. I sure hope he's standing beside it with a camp fire, and using his survival skills to stay alive.

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I just took a look at the new imagery posted to Google Earth, and it looks like they covered an area of about 35 - 40 miles wide, and about 65 - 70 miles long.




Here's an image of a plane of similar size on the Hilton Ranch.




If this is now a crumpled heap of aluminum on the side of a hill it may be hard to spot with this 1m resolution.

I have a bad feeling this will turn into another Amelia Earhart. :shk:


Edit:
Needed to add an extra link to another story on this topic.....

www.newscientist.com...

[edit on 10/9/2007 by anxietydisorder]