Comments on: Atlantis Rising? http://veretics.org/atlantis-rising Observe. Analyze. Verify. Be Skeptical. Wed, 05 Oct 2011 13:29:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rosendo Sherdon http://veretics.org/atlantis-rising/comment-page-1#comment-197 Rosendo Sherdon Fri, 30 Sep 2011 01:57:04 +0000 http://veretics.org/?p=983#comment-197 I love your blog.. very nice colors & theme. Did you create this website yourself or did you hire someone to do it for you? Plz reply as I'm looking to design my own blog and would like to know where u got this from. thank you Also, please visit my website http://milwaukee637021.blogspot.com/ I love your blog.. very nice colors & theme. Did you create this website yourself or did you hire someone to do it for you? Plz reply as I’m looking to design my own blog and would like to know where u got this from. thank you Also, please visit my website http://milwaukee637021.blogspot.com/

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]]> By: Headboard Light http://veretics.org/atlantis-rising/comment-page-1#comment-191 Headboard Light Mon, 13 Dec 2010 21:06:59 +0000 http://veretics.org/?p=983#comment-191 when there are fund raising events in our community, i always see to it that i participate in it **" when there are fund raising events in our community, i always see to it that i participate in it **”

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]]> By: Kaylee Lopez http://veretics.org/atlantis-rising/comment-page-1#comment-134 Kaylee Lopez Fri, 28 May 2010 01:56:22 +0000 http://veretics.org/?p=983#comment-134 me and my friends used to participate on a fund raising event for the protection of panda bears*'; me and my friends used to participate on a fund raising event for the protection of panda bears*’;

]]> By: St. Pete Skeptics Society » Blog Archive » Tetrahedral Death from the Skies http://veretics.org/atlantis-rising/comment-page-1#comment-63 St. Pete Skeptics Society » Blog Archive » Tetrahedral Death from the Skies Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:12:56 +0000 http://veretics.org/?p=983#comment-63 [...] if that wasn’t really a dimensional portal over Norway, and if that wasn’t really the satellite discovery of the ancient ruins of Atlantis, this is definitely footage of a giant* pyramid hovering over the Kremlin, threatening to rain [...] [...] if that wasn’t really a dimensional portal over Norway, and if that wasn’t really the satellite discovery of the ancient ruins of Atlantis, this is definitely footage of a giant* pyramid hovering over the Kremlin, threatening to rain [...]

]]> By: Joel Bellucci http://veretics.org/atlantis-rising/comment-page-1#comment-56 Joel Bellucci Mon, 21 Dec 2009 04:55:10 +0000 http://veretics.org/?p=983#comment-56 More and more, the whole thing seems to be a publicity stunt. The <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.heralddeparis.com/herald-de-paris-makes-atlantis-claims-look-again/67302" rel="nofollow">latest response</a> from the Herald de Paris editor criticizes MSNBC and The Huffington Post for stating that his online publication claimed to have found Atlantis. In truth, he never claimed to have found Atlantis. He merely saw some imaging artifacts in a satellite picture and claimed they were ancient ruins, which is...so much more legitimate. Given that this is a money-making ploy which he has yet to back down from, I have to wonder if Mr. Alexander is in fraud territory. More and more, the whole thing seems to be a publicity stunt. The latest response from the Herald de Paris editor criticizes MSNBC and The Huffington Post for stating that his online publication claimed to have found Atlantis. In truth, he never claimed to have found Atlantis. He merely saw some imaging artifacts in a satellite picture and claimed they were ancient ruins, which is…so much more legitimate. Given that this is a money-making ploy which he has yet to back down from, I have to wonder if Mr. Alexander is in fraud territory.

]]> By: Joel Bellucci http://veretics.org/atlantis-rising/comment-page-1#comment-55 Joel Bellucci Sat, 19 Dec 2009 05:53:07 +0000 http://veretics.org/?p=983#comment-55 Is that where I can find Medusa? Her head would make a great accessory next DragonCon. Is that where I can find Medusa? Her head would make a great accessory next DragonCon.

]]> By: Bryan McCloskey http://veretics.org/atlantis-rising/comment-page-1#comment-54 Bryan McCloskey Sat, 19 Dec 2009 00:06:09 +0000 http://veretics.org/?p=983#comment-54 "You can see a sample of sensor noise in the waters around Manhattan..." Actually, that's photographic evidence of the lost kingdom of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemuria_(continent)" rel="nofollow"><strong>Lemuria</strong></a>. “You can see a sample of sensor noise in the waters around Manhattan…”

Actually, that’s photographic evidence of the lost kingdom of Lemuria.

]]> By: Joel Bellucci http://veretics.org/atlantis-rising/comment-page-1#comment-53 Joel Bellucci Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:43:32 +0000 http://veretics.org/?p=983#comment-53 There's a good explanation of the image over in the <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/16/archaeologists-claim-they_n_394240.html?show_comment_id=36574048#comment_36574048" rel="nofollow">comments section</a> of the Huffington Post's article on the "discovery". Turns out it's not JPEG compression, but rather the result of noise in the satellite sensor. Here's the full comment, as well as a link to a satellite image of Manhattan where you can see the same grid-like pattern in the water. Grant Thompson: "Mystery solved. I work with satellite imagery and these patterns appear where the image is very low contrast (I could show you an example from the waters around Manhattan).The patterns are produced by noise in the sensor, exacerbated by compression/expansion and contrast stretching during post-processing. I actually spend quite a lot of time trying to get rid of them... They are not to be confused with jpeg compression artifacts, which are not as linear/orthogonal. I've only seen these patterns from satellites using pushbroom-type scanning sensors. You get them in imagery from Mars, too, and you can imagine the hoo-ha that that creates..." "You can see a sample of sensor noise in the waters around Manhattan here: <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.eurimage.com/tmp/Atlantis_NY.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.eurimage.com/tmp/Atlantis_NY.jpg</a>." There’s a good explanation of the image over in the comments section of the Huffington Post’s article on the “discovery”. Turns out it’s not JPEG compression, but rather the result of noise in the satellite sensor. Here’s the full comment, as well as a link to a satellite image of Manhattan where you can see the same grid-like pattern in the water.

Grant Thompson: “Mystery solved.

I work with satellite imagery and these patterns appear where the image is very low contrast (I could show you an example from the waters around Manhattan).The patterns are produced by noise in the sensor, exacerbated by compression/expansion and contrast stretching during post-processing. I actually spend quite a lot of time trying to get rid of them…

They are not to be confused with jpeg compression artifacts, which are not as linear/orthogonal. I’ve only seen these patterns from satellites using pushbroom-type scanning sensors.

You get them in imagery from Mars, too, and you can imagine the hoo-ha that that creates…”

“You can see a sample of sensor noise in the waters around Manhattan here: http://www.eurimage.com/tmp/Atlantis_NY.jpg.”

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