Landsat's First Images Show Rocky Mountains In Stunning Detail

Posted by samzenpus on Monday March 25, 2013 @04:47AM 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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Re:What's so special about that? by ProzacPatient · 2013-03-25 05:39 · Score: 4, Interesting

When are they going to come out with a satellite that will let me inspect the gravel in my driveway?
Build Your Own by guttentag · 2013-03-25 05:51 · Score: 5, Interesting

An engineer at Orbital Sciences created a 1/48th scale paper model of the landsat satellite that you can print, build and hang above your cubicle for nerd cred.

Printable model here.
Assembly Instructions here.

It actually looks pretty cool... not that I'll be spending two hours building it myself.