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Landsat's First Images Show Rocky Mountains In Stunning Detail

Posted by samzenpus on from the more-real-than-real dept.

Zothecula writes "We haven't heard anything from NASA's Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) spacecraft since its launch in February, but the satellite is now ready to start sending its first images back home. The first batch of photos are part of a three-month testing period, and show the meeting of the Great Plains with the Front Ranges of the Rocky Mountains in Wyoming and Colorado. Viewed from space, it's already a pretty spectacular scene, but the images from the LDCM managed to enhance it even further."

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  1. What's so special about that? by opus_magnum · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Do those pictures significantly augment our understanding of what Earth mountains are like?

    1. Re:What's so special about that? by Forty+Two+Tenfold · · Score: 3, Insightful

      No, but it augments our knowledge of where the hemp and coca plantations are.

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  2. Why is every NASA image article a URL cricle jerk? by swb · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Why not add a link to the actual images on NASA's stie, instead of a fucking link to some ad/tracking/whoring site like Gizmodo?