Geolocating an image using the shadows? The Bellingcat Shadow Finder Tool makes this possible! Bellingcat's Galen Reich and Discord member Gabòr Friesen spoke to rainbolt to explain the tool. Find the tool on the Bellingcat Github and give it a try! youtube.com/watch?v=pQIjDP…

4 hostages rescued amid nearly 4 hours of airstrikes. Our investigation reconstructs the Israeli hostage rescue raid in Nuseirat, Gaza in which a vehicle broke down, a commander was shot, a family was home raided, and so many Palestinians were killed. wapo.st/4di8P1F

On June 8, the Israeli military employed heavy airstrikes across a densely populated Gaza refugee camp during a midday hostage rescue operation, killing scores of Palestinians. Our new investigation reconstructs one of the deadliest days of the war: wapo.st/4fEws61

A more in depth guide with another use-method for those who didn’t have enough from the rainbolt video.

Suncalc trick: When 2 images show a shadow cast by the same object at 2 different known times (f.ex in a livestream), then the percentage decrease in length corresponds to a limited list of locations. When applicable you don’t need an object’s height, just the shadow’s length.

Advanced Solar Geolocation Tutorial: For everyone who works with geolocation, I wrote a guide for a new method to locate images based only on the time and *a part* of a shadow. In this scenario, object heights and full shadows are not necessary anymore. medium.com/@gaborfriesen/…

We tried to geolocate the 2012 video of Austin Tice. In the process, we realised that it was most likely created right next to a Syrian military base. medium.com/@gaborfriesen/… (a comprehensive write-up of our recent thread)

#Syria 2024 Conflict Mapping Browseable story-map compilation 'Stoary' on @Soar_Earth🌐 (link on next post) Maps and #OSINT from: Rafal R. Naftali Hazony H.A. Hazony OSINTdefender Gabòr Friesen Samir ▶️Make your browseable story-maps on @Soar_Earth

🧵Since I last made the thread covering the Anti-Hamas militias, I stumbled upon new information (massive thank you to Gabòr Friesen who aided in this) that warranted an update thread. So far, there are 6 militias in the Gaza strip. Map Link: google.com/maps/d/u/1/emb…

A $1,000,000 home is hiding in our Big Game commercial. The Great American Home Search is officially live in the Redfin app. Ends 2/10.