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by dragonwriter 1597 days ago
> Agreed, from this vantage point you couldn’t tell the difference.

I mean, you could, because if it was an opaque tarp rather than “uncovered skeleton” like the article claims, it would have a solid shadow visible somewhere when the sun isn't nearly directly behind the satellite, but the “skeletal” beams would not have a shadow on the ground, because you wouldn't see the ground through the tarp.

But, that's exactly how this looks, so...