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Chateau d If:
Okay, I have a time for us to play with:
The Rumeli Fortress is Rumeli Hisari on this map
It is on the western bank of the Bosporus and is near the northern bridge (there are two suspension bridges over the Bosporus). From the map, at the location of the fortress, the bank of the Bosporus runs almost perfectly north/south.
We see Uchenna rappelling down one side of a ten sided tower. From this picture of the Tower we can see the exact same spot on the Tower where Uchenna is climbing (look at the arrangement of little windows in the stonework).
The eastern pylon of the northern suspension bridge is in the background. From this picture we can see that Uchenna was on a side of the tower that is parallel to the banks of the Bosporus.
Using the video cap of Uchenna I see that the sun is shinning from the right and has created a shadow running up the side of the cylindrical part of the tower almost exactly at Uchenna’s location at the corner of two sides of the decahedron. Since Uchenna’s side is going north/south I figured the sun was coming from 18 degrees to the west of due south (one half of 36 degrees--360 divided by 10). That means a solar azimuth of 162 degrees. Using Sun, Earth, Moon Applet I found that it had to be 10:46 am for the sun to have that azimuth on December 12th, 2004.
That’s my guess for when Uchenna does the rappel.
puddin:
--- Quote from: Chateau d If on April 24, 2005, 09:15:27 PM ---If you ask me, it looks like the shots of teams looking out over the water are taken at different times. The sun is shinning in very low on Meredith & Gretchen so I think they are on an earlier boat than Ron & Kelly. I don't know why but it looks like morning sun too.
And Puddin, I'd say your Metro straw is a definte!
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I was looking at that too Chateau , R&K's shot on the water does looks later than M&G's , plus they don't look happy at all ;) , could be they are behind |#' ?
puddin:
Chateau your good at this , glad you and GMan are here ]**] .. so if this is the Roadblock it may come first ?
--- Quote ---Using Sun, Earth, Moon Applet I found that it had to be 10:46 am for the sun to have that azimuth on December 12th, 2004.
That’s my guess for when Uchenna does the rappel.
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Pedaler:
--- Quote ---Using the video cap of Uchenna I see that the sun is shinning from the right and has created a shadow running up the side of the cylindrical part of the tower almost exactly at Uchenna’s location at the corner of two sides of the decahedron. Since Uchenna’s side is going north/south I figured the sun was coming from 18 degrees to the west of due south (one half of 36 degrees--360 divided by 10). That means a solar azimuth of 162 degrees. Using Sun, Earth, Moon Applet I found that it had to be 10:46 am for the sun to have that azimuth on December 12th, 2004.
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Chateau, What is your margin of error? The first flight comes in at 8:45 am. I'm just wondering if U&J have enough time to leave the airport, possibly go to the Old Town to do a task or detour, then go up river on a ferry to the fort, and finally climb up a tower all in two hours.
Chateau d If:
I'm away from my notes at the moment but you are right, I should talk a little about the margin of error. I think the most uncertainty comes from my guess that the side Uchenna is on is parallel to the bank of the Bosporus. What do you think? Maybe at most 5 degrees off? The solar azimuth is moving at about one degree per 4 minutes. So that would mean about 20 minutes for the margin of error.
How sure are you on that flight info? I have done nothing along those lines. Could they have come in and then spent the night? In those shots of them at the waterfront it looks like sunrise. I think that spot is near the ferry pick up spot (Eminono) because there it should be shaded by the land mass while across the river would be in the sunrise sunshine (see the same map I linked to above with sun coming from the lower right).
Corrected spelling: Eminonu, and it isn't on that map that I linked to. Try this map.
Puddin, am I going nuts? I can't find the video cap you had that showed Uchenna on the tower with the bridge inthe background.
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