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Tag: satellite
If AT&T is to be believed, this animation above made by Edward E. Zajac is one of the earliest computer-generated films in existence. It shows a satellite orbiting around a planet.
These images are from NASA’s Landsat 5 satellite which captured aerial views of Las Vegas between 1972 and 2012.
This satellite image was captured by NASA between January 31st and February 2nd and shows the massive winter snowstorm that covered much of the U.S. this past week. The storm was measured at about 1240 miles from West to East and dumped an average of 5-inches of snow in about 21 States (obviously, some states, [...]
NASA’s MODIS Rapid Response System has been taking photos of the Gulf of Mexico every day since the Deepwater Horizon explosion on April 20, 2010 that led to the worst oil spill in American history. This video shows some of the best shots from the satellite imagery that NASA has been collecting. Maybe watching this [...]
A Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) is launched from Pearl Harbor-based guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Erie (CG 70) to intercept a threat representative target as part of a Missile Defense Agency test of the sea-based capability under development. An out of control spy satellite that was launched in December 2006 is soon to be shot down using [...]
