Tag: Satellite imagery

  • Google time lapse photos of human destruction of the earth

    See Humanity’s Effect On Earth In These Stunning Time-Lapse Satellite Photos BY ZAK STONE, fastcoexist.com From growing Vegas to chopping down the Amazon, these Google photos of the last three decades of the Earth from space let you see both human ingenuity and our destructive power. The boom­ing economies of Gulf oil states. The rise…

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  • Satellite imagery tracks shipping pollution

    Satellite Image Shows Tracks of Shipping Pollution Keith Barry, wired.com When ships cross bodies of water, they leave behind visible “tracks” of pollution. NASA has been using satellite imagery to collect data on ship tracks, and the results are mildly disturbing. Keith Barry http://flip.it/FCNaA Related articles NASA releases satellite images of storm that spawned Oklahoma…

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  • NASA shows that earth looks like one big disco ball at night

    Satellite images of Earth, city lights at night Posted By: Bryan Chan, latimes.com Photography NASA has released images of Earth at night from the Suomi Nation­al Polar-Orbiting Part­ner­ship satel­lite that is orbit­ing 512 miles above the Earth’s sur­face. The agency stitched some of these images togeth­er to cre­ate a… http://flip.it/qaOMz Related articles This gorgeous video…

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