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Old 07-16-2010, 12:52 PM
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Default RE: Just an intersting Google Earth shot....

The second photo is shown at an "eye level" of 1.15km which, w/o checking the conversion exactly, is about 1 mile or 5280 feet. The difference in plane size does not seem to me to be enough to be several thousand feet apart vertically at that height.
However, if you look closely the planes do apear to be on final at slightly different angle. To me, this lends creedence to the parallel runway theory.
Of course, as I said, I'm an idiot about aviation stuff but this question has me fascinated.
I honestly believe there is a good explanation for the photo and I cannot believe that the answer is google somehow combining 2 photos.