zabadoh@ani.social to collapse of the old society@slrpnk.net · 11 days agoEnormous pile of discarded clothes in the (Chilean) Atacama desert is visible from spacewww.earth.comexternal-linkmessage-square7linkfedilinkarrow-up159arrow-down11
arrow-up158arrow-down1external-linkEnormous pile of discarded clothes in the (Chilean) Atacama desert is visible from spacewww.earth.comzabadoh@ani.social to collapse of the old society@slrpnk.net · 11 days agomessage-square7linkfedilink
minus-squareraspberriesareyummy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·11 days agoYes and no: satellites with a resolution of ~1m/pixel exist, it’s just that they are military use & all we get to see is aerial photographs.
minus-squareMrMakabar@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·10 days agoYou can buy 30cm resolution satellite images from private companies today. Obviously the US government and some others will have even better ones. Just as prove: https://space-solutions.airbus.com/imagery/our-optical-and-radar-satellite-imagery/pleiades-neo/
minus-squareraspberriesareyummy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 days agoI’d believe you without proof, I just pulled an approximate number out of my recollection from like 10 years ago. :)
Yes and no: satellites with a resolution of ~1m/pixel exist, it’s just that they are military use & all we get to see is aerial photographs.
You can buy 30cm resolution satellite images from private companies today. Obviously the US government and some others will have even better ones.
Just as prove: https://space-solutions.airbus.com/imagery/our-optical-and-radar-satellite-imagery/pleiades-neo/
I’d believe you without proof, I just pulled an approximate number out of my recollection from like 10 years ago. :)