Originally posted by xbranscombex
Then what the hell is this??
i491.photobucket.com...
Why, if it's slow to update, does it show all the other clouds/weather but not just this ship looking outline?
Im worried now, only because of this picture..
Even though it, honestly, isn't anything to worry about.
I think the OP's links pretty much explained that. The satellites make passes ... the left and right side of that shape are the previous and last passes (hence the arches). Essentially what you are seeing is one pass where the data stream stopped for a bit. For whatever reason the path seems to be arching more at the left-hand side than the right (probably due to the angle necessary to avoid radiation from the sun etc), but you can see where I'm going with this. Most of these anomalies can be explained the same way ... usually the leading left or right edge is simply a previous pass.
EDIT: wow I can't read today ... didn't see there were other pages with other posts ha ... also S&F'd
[edit on 10/13/2008 by Fiverz]





