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But the chopper N911ZZ does slightly later, and the motion matches perfectly. The zooming in and out masks it a lot. https://www.metabunk.org/sitrec/?custom=https://sitrec.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/1/Rio Rancho Helicopter/20260216_205332.js...

Identified the stars, none of the tracks you identified there come close, viewed from that location. The orientation seems right, meaning the time is about right

40 seconds in, looks like six stars are visible.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QB7Nkz-g7EY

Hah, I forgot I made this video talking about my balloon experiment. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snwqUpQ6oSE

Simulated IR (BLK hot) view of an irregular mylar balloon over the desert Note in both videos, the balloon is not moving at all. And over some mountains in California...

It was asked why a balloon would look like that. Here's a video I shot, white is cold. This is a mylar balloon in my backyard. It reflects both the sky and the ground. You see the sky as a very cold shape, not that different from what we...

There's some oddness going on with the framerate and the different versions. The one that @TheCholla is using for his graph is my retimed 50% one - which was the clip labeled "50%" in the Corbell video. I put that together with the 25% video and...

Sorry, yes, posted that before dinner time. https://www.metabunk.org/sitrec/?custom=https://sitrec.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/1/syria%20with%20Flight%20Sim%20Track/20260212_192030.js

Yeah, I use log for the depth buffer. I'll get around to it.

Yeah, me. Actually, I DO account for libration, but not, I fear entirely accurately. The reason being I don't render a full 3D model of the entire solar system. The stars and planets, and the moon, are rendered at a fixed distance on a...

I don't think syncing the frame rate eliminates raster lines, unless you mean interlacing. I'm not really sure about CRTs, it might be some other display technology that has a similar result. What's clear is that on some frames, part or all of...

Fixed! Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQAIVXGsgnI Early track isn't perfect, but it all looks a lot better than before. I added a HD overlay from Apple Maps at the end.

I have figured it out! It was NOT the right place, this is. The UI is using a fixed elevation of 1725 feet instead of a DEM (digital elevation model). So the target ground track is at 1725 feet, which is actually underground. And the altitude...

The one you posted. That the shutdown was because of a cartel drone incursion. Source: https://x.com/SecDuffy/status/2021594420806639787