rainbow planes

across google earth, there are these "rainbow planes", artefacts of the camera's inability to capture red green and blue all at the same time. the colours are split up, leaving a trail of rainbow behind the planes.

these planes are dope. the idea that the computer is projecting it's vision as slightly distorted into the physical realm is really cool. artist james bridle took this one step further, "closing the circle" and creating a version of the rainbow plane in the real world.