Lost pyramids spotted from space

Coriolanus

#BBCNews "Lost pyramids spotted from space" http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-13522957

Can't post the text from my phone. Looks interesting though.

ednwireland

saw the trailer for this, there's a street map of tanis (wonder if they found the arc of the covenant yet )
amazing stuff
IR image of buried pyramid


tanis

ch2008

wonder if this could be used in the Boyne Valley?

Sea Sharp

Truly amazing.
I wonder could similar techniques be used underwater, seeing as how there's probably a hell of a lot of sites under water, particularly in the Mediterranean sea.

Coriolanus

ch2008 wrote: »

wonder if this could be used in the Boyne Valley?

Sea Sharp wrote: »

Truly amazing.
I wonder could similar techniques be used underwater, seeing as how there's probably a hell of a lot of sites under water, particularly in the Mediterranean sea.

I don't see why not. I'd imagine it's a matter of funding. Egypt is pretty sexy in terms of funding.

RollYerOwn

I think the idea is that IR images are created by viewing only the light waves at a particular part of the spectrum (a part that we can't see with our eyes). All images formed by light are reflections of light back to the receiver (an eye, a camera, a sensor).

Vegetation absorbs and reflects differing parts of the spectrum and slight changes in vegetation can show up better with infrared (manipulated so we can see it). Infrared photography has been used in Ireland in aerial photography and perhaps will be of benefit in the future.

Don't think this would work for underwater sites though as the surface of the water reflects back the light first.

I think.

Pretty spectacular results!

boneless

ch2008 wrote: »

wonder if this could be used in the Boyne Valley?

Not near enough to Libya !! Lots of satellites over the middle east at the moment!