Timelapse of the National Mall on Inauguration Day (2017)

[Denzil_DC]

Posted because Drudge is currently pushing a CNN Gigapixel high-res photo shot from a low angle looking out from the podium as "proof" that Trump & Spicer's alternative facts about the inauguration turnout aren't so alternative:

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In brave new media era, your eyes and ears will not witness same things...

http://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2017/01/politics/trump-inauguration-gigapixel/

(I can't get CNN's Gigathing to load on my browser, but it's shot from the thick of the crowd, and crops posted by others from it clearly show the white gaps towards the back that every other shot has shown.)

Predictably, this is being lapped up by deplorable flying monkeys on that thread as evidence of the lying media. It's quite something when you can actually witness people deceiving themselves about the evidence of their own eyes. The conclusive timelapse video above was posted as a counterpoint, and one conveniently ignored by many.

Let's hope there's more substantial issues to get them all steamed up in the coming week.

[radical noodle]

1. I got it to work but

it's not a birdseye view so it's impossible to see the gaps as well on CNN's post.

[Silver Gaia]

4. I agree. The white gaps are being hidden by the people standing in front of them because the gaps

are at ground level behind them. It's a trick of perception. It's also an angled view. I couldn't get a full-on straight view looking straight toward the Washington Monument. And I don't think we can see as far back as we can on the bird's eye view. There seem to be fewer of the sections visible.

These are not comparable images.

ETA: I zoomed in as much as possible. It seems to be a bit more filled in than the one from the timelapse, but there is still a lot of white space on the right-hand side that is being hidden behind the trees on the right.

There may be more people in this image, but it is still not comparable to the number of people in the 2009 image.

But, eh... really? Aren't there more important things to focus on than this? Trump's petty childishness is all this is about, and others are using that to deflect our eyes and ears from the shenanigans being pulled while we aren't watching.

I'm gonna be done with this.

[radical noodle]

5. While he dismantles the government

we look at photos and videos of the sizes of crowds. We've gotta remember what a master manipulator he is.

[tikka]

8. From the level of the stage

which is lower than the gigapixel platform, I doubt that any empty space could be seen. Add Drumpf's narcissism and you have "alternative facts".

[impeachtrumpquick]

2. Tiny Crowds; Tiny Hands; Tiny Penis

[Mc Mike]

3. Tiny brain, tiny heart, non existent soul.

[joanbarnes]

6. Trump's first 100 days: Bitching about no one coming to his coronation.

[George II]

7. How long before that camera on the Washington Monument gets shut down?