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0 pointsjcims5y ago0 comments

I just started to doubt myself but you saved me lol. OK take a look at the front of that building (found on flickr)

https://i.imgur.com/cDF8Fsr.jpg

Now take a look at this map image, and go back and forth to see if you feel that the X i marked is a reasonable approximation of the photographer's location

https://i.imgur.com/fvj0ZPj.jpg

Now take a look again at the SAR image and tell me if you can see any artifacts from the front of the building through the roof (hint, zoom in and look for the curved line of bright dots :) )

https://www.sandia.gov/radar/_assets/images/gallery/ka-band-...

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StavrosK5y ago

Not really, the building windows are octagonal (you can see that they're straight) and the dots curve.

The brick wall at the front, though, has the exact same curvature as the dots, dead-on.

CapriciousCptl5y ago

I don't follow. Can you edit the ka band image and circle what you're seeing?

jcimsOP5y ago

This part - https://i.imgur.com/CmtzOES.png

But now that I have a better understanding of the layover effect I think it might just be that the satellite is looking from where it looks like the sun is shining, and it's directly imaging that front window frame and brick wall. Need our SAR pro to comment :)

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