It may look otherworldly, but this is a color-enhanced image of our own planet, in the form of a Landsat view of an estuary in Western Australia taken from space. For better or worse, such satellite imagery will become much more common, with some estimates predicting 100,000 satellites in space by the end of this decade. (There are currently about 4,800.) Image courtesy of NASA/USGS Landsat; Geoscience Australia
By Victoria Samson, January 17, 2022
It may look otherworldly, but this is a color-enhanced image of our own planet, in the form of a Landsat view of an estuary in Western Australia taken from space. For better or worse, such satellite imagery will become much more common, with some estimates predicting 100,000 satellites in space by the end of this decade. (There are currently about 4,800.) Image courtesy of NASA/USGS Landsat; Geoscience Australia
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