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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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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Victoria Samson
Victoria Samson is the Washington office director for the Secure World Foundation, an organization that focuses on space sustainability, and she... Read More
