TOMCATS AT NAS OCEANA
The image above is interesting from two perspectives. First, being historical imagery taken from Google Earth, it depicts a lineup of F-14 Tomcats at NAS Oceana, Virginia, in 2006 near the end of the type's service with the US Navy. Note the squadron logos near the end of each row of aircraft, including the possibly blasphemous appearance of the Jolly Rogers logo heading a line of F/A-18s! Second, examining the available imagery using the historical feature in Google Earth reveals an interesting occurrence: the most current imagery is not the imagery displayed in the default mode in Google Earth! The most current imagery dates from April of 2007, while the image displayed for the area by default in Google Earth dates from October of 2006. This is not an unheard of occurrence, with many areas of the United States following this example. One such example is Washington DC, where the Geo-eye imagery of the January 2009 Presidential inauguration can be accessed in this fashion, although it is not displayed as the default view of the capital. Interestingly, however, the first imagery captured by the Geo-eye satellite over Kutztown, Pennsylvania is absent from the data set.
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SOURCES
-Overhead imagery provided courtesy of Google Earth
The image above is interesting from two perspectives. First, being historical imagery taken from Google Earth, it depicts a lineup of F-14 Tomcats at NAS Oceana, Virginia, in 2006 near the end of the type's service with the US Navy. Note the squadron logos near the end of each row of aircraft, including the possibly blasphemous appearance of the Jolly Rogers logo heading a line of F/A-18s! Second, examining the available imagery using the historical feature in Google Earth reveals an interesting occurrence: the most current imagery is not the imagery displayed in the default mode in Google Earth! The most current imagery dates from April of 2007, while the image displayed for the area by default in Google Earth dates from October of 2006. This is not an unheard of occurrence, with many areas of the United States following this example. One such example is Washington DC, where the Geo-eye imagery of the January 2009 Presidential inauguration can be accessed in this fashion, although it is not displayed as the default view of the capital. Interestingly, however, the first imagery captured by the Geo-eye satellite over Kutztown, Pennsylvania is absent from the data set.ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION
Feel free to discuss the current Image of the Week at the IMINT & Analysis Forum Image of the Week discussion thread found here.
SOURCES
-Overhead imagery provided courtesy of Google Earth
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