Plane 'Near miss' over London?...

[soulxtc]

A Near Miss?

Disaster seemed certain when a photographer captured these planes on course to collide over east London.

To the onlookers below, the aircraft looked set for a horrific mid-air crash.
http://static.sky.com/images/pictures/1374902.jpg

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[Auggie2k]

Maybe they just like each other.

[notbob]

the planes are parallel, which you can see in the sequence on the website. the black plane's smaller size adds to the illosion that there are 2 equal sized planes very close to each other, whwn in fact there are 2 very different sized planes hundreds of feet apart

even if they did crash, they are only cargo planes

[Krell]

Not S&T material . . .



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[DwarfBaby]

Objects in the mirror may be closer then they appear

[Malakai1911]

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Maybe we can't calculate distance because of perspective, but we can make educated guesses based on the fact that we know the length of both planes from tip to tail, and wingspan.
We also know that 10,000 feet should lend to the bottom plane looking abnormally large. Since the planes aren't too far off in size, at the distances we are talking, the optical illusion should be that they look the same size.

Notice the wingspan of the two planes are roughly 60 feet apart, but look almost the same size.

I say 10,000 feet because the planes are "nearly 2 miles" apart, or so says other articles.

[DwarfBaby]

Maybe we can't calculate distance because of perspective, but we can make educated guesses based on the fact that we know the length of both planes from tip to tail, and wingspan.
We also know that 10,000 feet should lend to the bottom plane looking abnormally large. Since the planes aren't too far off in size, at the distances we are talking, the optical illusion should be that they look the same size.

Notice the wingspan of the two planes are roughly 60 feet apart, but look almost the same size.

I say 10,000 feet because the planes are "nearly 2 miles" apart, or so says other articles.

Nice post. Although Mathematics’ is indeed my specialty I find sarcasm much more rewarding. The photo is indeed and absolutely a fake. There is no question in my mind that commercial airlines have come this close and even closer. One only need be reminded of the deadliest Air crash over Japan about 6 years ago. This however does not excuse the fact that anyone who really looks closely at this picture can indeed find Waldo.

[Krell]

Maybe we can't calculate distance because of perspective, but we can make educated guesses based on the fact that we know the length of both planes from tip to tail, and wingspan.
We also know that 10,000 feet should lend to the bottom plane looking abnormally large. Since the planes aren't too far off in size, at the distances we are talking, the optical illusion should be that they look the same size.

Notice the wingspan of the two planes are roughly 60 feet apart, but look almost the same size.

I say 10,000 feet because the planes are "nearly 2 miles" apart, or so says other articles.[/quote]


NOW its S&T material . ..


Thx Malakai1911





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[rainbowdemon]

Also a long lens (zoom or telephoto) will compress depth of field making the planes look closer together than they are.

[Malakai1911]

Nice post. Although Mathematics’ is indeed my specialty I find sarcasm much more rewarding. The photo is indeed and absolutely a fake. There is no question in my mind that commercial airlines have come this close and even closer. One only need be reminded of the deadliest Air crash over Japan about 6 years ago. This however does not excuse the fact that anyone who really looks closely at this picture can indeed find Waldo.

I'm glad my comment was appreciated :-)

I saw a sequence of 3 photos on another site. The planes looked insanely close in those too.

[Malakai1911]

Also a long lens (zoom or telephoto) will compress depth of field making the planes look closer together than they are.

Good point, I didn't even think of that.

[lifehacker]

What a lucky photographer to catch such a picture...