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by nojs 1242 days ago
TFA mentions the truck was passing by at 70km/h, which is surprisingly quick.
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You'd think that was quick, ... but generally this kind of thing would be done from a crop duster airframe flying at an industry standard 70m/sec (252 km/hr).

I'm guessing the local Perth geophysical survey companies that routinely fly magnetics and radiometrics were all fully engaged flying pre booked contract work .. so they dragged in a couple of white transit vans and fitted them out to get the job done.

Switzerland uses Superpumas flying 90m over areas to measure radiation on the ground[1] . In around 3 hours they can measure 100 square kilometers.

[1] https://www.tagblatt.ch/ostschweiz/im-tiefflug-ueber-der-sta... (german)