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Satellite Easter Eggs

Posted by Zonk on from the hi-mom! dept.

TheChocolatay writes "Wired has a story on hidden finds in satellite images. They range from sporting events to natural disasters to bombs and firefights in Iraq. Some very interesting and cool pictures." From the article: "Part of it is that we collect so much imagery that a lot of times no eyes have seen a lot of this stuff,...And so (we) go to an area, pop it open, and wow, we didn't intend to capture this icebreaker pushing this submarine."

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  1. Re:Interesting, yet... by Moofie · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Stupid American company that's only bought high-res photos of the country that it's...in.

    The service rolled out, what? Two months ago? Earth is big, and satellite photography is expensive. Quit your whining.

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  2. Re:Why is everyone so impressed with Google Maps? by Moofie · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Four times the resolution? Not on the page I'm looking at.

    And it's slow, and you can't scroll.

    Just because you can't see the appeal, doesn't mean it's not there. But I'm sure it makes you feel like all validated and stuff that you've been doing this for four years. Where is your article in Wired? What, you never bothered to do what these guys actually did? And you're complaining about what exactly?

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    Why yes, I AM a rocket scientist!