Just saw this posted on facebook.
Anyone got an idea what is going on here?
External Quote:Did you know that pilots sometimes choose to shut down engines to ensure balance, for example when more people are seated on the right hand side of the plane? By lowering or shutting down engine power, in this case engine number one and two (left hand side), pilots control the balance and make sure the plane does not roll, both for safety and economic reasons.
This is the oldest source I could find (1st April).
https://www.instagram.com/aeroplanesinsta/p/Bvt0ZHkBOBl/
External Quote:Did you know that pilots sometimes choose to shut down engines to ensure balance, for example when more people are seated on the right hand side of the plane? By lowering or shutting down engine power, in this case engine number one and two (left hand side), pilots control the balance and make sure the plane does not roll, both for safety and economic reasons.
This is the oldest source I could find (1st April).
https://www.instagram.com/aeroplanesinsta/p/Bvt0ZHkBOBl/
External Quote:Did you know that pilots sometimes choose to shut down engines to ensure balance, for example when more people are seated on the right hand side of the plane? By lowering or shutting down engine power, in this case engine number one and two (left hand side), pilots control the balance and make sure the plane does not roll, both for safety and economic reasons.
Yes, you're right. It sounds really absourdThat explanation makes zero sense for the plane in the photo. Maybe on a 4 seater little plane, but not a 747.
This is the oldest source I could find (1st April).
https://www.instagram.com/aeroplanesinsta/p/Bvt0ZHkBOBl/
External Quote:Did you know that pilots sometimes choose to shut down engines to ensure balance, for example when more people are seated on the right hand side of the plane? By lowering or shutting down engine power, in this case engine number one and two (left hand side), pilots control the balance and make sure the plane does not roll, both for safety and economic reasons.
I think the picture is fake
Artifacts like this one around an object are common at high compression and do not mean it is fake.I think the picture is fake
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That's just normal compression artifacts. The key clue is the different region under the wing on the right of the image. However, it does not extend all the way down, and is not conclusive.From the JPEG error analysis shown above it's not clear this was done. Rather the entire background seems to show a suspicious blocky structure which would seem to suggest that the entire background might be fake.
That's just normal compression artifacts.
It's perfectly normal for an image saved at high compression. Try this one:I don't think the very coarse block structure is normal. I tried the analysis on a different image and didn't see anything like that, only fine scale graininess similar to what you see on this image in the plane and contrail areas of the photo.
It's perfectly normal for an image saved at high compression. Try this one:
More like the natural gradient of the low sky, and that alone is not causing the coarse background structure, it's the saving at a low JPEG setting that does that. You can see it in the original posted image, and more so with a simple contrast tweak.OK, I guess the underlying cause of the coarse background structure in both images are variations in faint clouds which are difficult to see in the original images but are amplified by the JPEG error analysis.
Almost certainly fake, probably AIOK, while we are all here. what could be causing this? I suppose it might be faked, but the diagonal wisps of smoke/vapor by the engines make me suspect the plane is sliding sideways quite a bit -- but then I'd expect the contrails to be slanting off diagonally as well. My brain can't wrap itself around this one, so I am recruiting more and better brains!
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SOurce: https://stockcake.com/i/jet-contrails-aloft_487333_1026011
Hey I wasn't 100% (on my phone) but there's clues that should have sealed the deal. Look at the wings:Well poot, I totally missed where it said AI up there. (Insert AI image of "Boy is my face red" here.)
But wow, I'm more primed than many to suspect AI, and it never crossed my mind. That's... worrisome, thinking about the world and all...
And also the fact that it seems to have three contrails on the right side, none of which is aligned with any of the two engines!Hey I wasn't 100% (on my phone) but there's clues that should have sealed the deal. Look at the wings:
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Oh double poot!Look at the wings:
To be fair, THAT was the anomaly I was trying to figure out.And also the fact that it seems to have three contrails on the right side, none of which is aligned with any of the two engines!
On further review, I think EVERYTHING on Stockcake is AI. I searched for Apollo astronaut, kite and (on a whim) "helicopter lifting an egg."Searching for "contrails" on Stockcake produces an endless stream of AI crap, including this one.
Were you focussed on the missing main event (said egg), and overlooked the secondary fact of the missing helicopter?lifted by a helicopter (apparently they did not have any with eggs...)
Obviously the helicopter is upside down, but the 5th blade is missing, and tying an elephant to the rotor shaft feels like it won't be a recipe for success.Were you focussed on the missing main event (said egg), and overlooked the secondary fact of the missing helicopter?