Valnao@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agoIran unable to open the Strait of Hormuz to more shipping traffic because it cannot locate all of the mines it laidwww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up1144arrow-down118
arrow-up1126arrow-down1external-linkIran unable to open the Strait of Hormuz to more shipping traffic because it cannot locate all of the mines it laidwww.nytimes.comValnao@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agomessage-square47fedilink
minus-squareVinylraupe@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·18 hours agoIf i was interested in passing and i had the funding there would be satellites close to the atmosphere that make high definition pictures of the strait and an algorithm would spot the mines by deviation of pixelcolour.
minus-squaredaannii@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-215 hours agoLight does not reflect black from water depths very well. Plus water surface is constantly moving. Creating artifacts on photos. Satalite wouldn’t have the resolution. Drones might. If it was possible for cameras to photograph things sunk in the water. There are only a few situations where that’s possible. Still water. super clean water. In the day time.
If i was interested in passing and i had the funding there would be satellites close to the atmosphere that make high definition pictures of the strait and an algorithm would spot the mines by deviation of pixelcolour.
Light does not reflect black from water depths very well. Plus water surface is constantly moving. Creating artifacts on photos.
Satalite wouldn’t have the resolution. Drones might. If it was possible for cameras to photograph things sunk in the water.
There are only a few situations where that’s possible. Still water. super clean water. In the day time.