stupid people: satellite images of blackout
August 21st, 2003Out of all of the satellite images of the blackout available and circulating amongst news sources and weblogs, the people in my office decide to circulate this one via email:
Obviously, this is a fake. First of all, how is it possible that the "ISAT Geostar 45″ managed to take a picture of the entire US and Canada at precisely 23:15EST on Aug 14th without a cloud in the sky or any obstruction anywhere? Secondly, how is it that the blacked-out portions of the US are darker than the ocean which is as dark, if not darker, than those areas affected by the blackout?
What makes it even worse is that the people that are circulating this don't even realize it's a fraud. I got it as a forward which was a forward of a forward which was forwarded to someone who received it as a forward from someone else. And each of these people, as always, left their comments along the way. Things like "If you haven't seen this picture yet, it's awesome" and so on.
Think people! Jesus. Just consider, for once, that not everything someone tells you, and certainly not everything you get on the Internet, is 100% true.
