Many alive before the birth of the “Space Age” can remember a time when vast areas of the world were so remote and inhospitable that they were out of reach to all but the boldest adventurers and explorers.
Before the last three decades, no detailed maps or topographical charts were available for many places. All that changed in the 1970s as high-resolution sensors on orbiting spacecraft began to capture detailed images of the surface. Here are some of those recent images.
Before the last three decades, no detailed maps or topographical charts were available for many places. All that changed in the 1970s as high-resolution sensors on orbiting spacecraft began to capture detailed images of the surface. Here are some of those recent images.
April 3, 2009 — A network of manmade islands has emerged from the Persian Gulf just off Dubai in recent years, enticing many of the world’s most affluent to build their island paradises there.
March 27, 2009 — The contrails left high in the atmosphere by passing jet aircraft have a maritime counterpart near sea level in at least some areas of the world’s oceans.
March 20, 2008 — Emerging from southwestern Egypt’s vast Sahara desert wilderness is a complex of irrigated farmland that could be viewed in images from space as how a human colony on another planet might appear.
March 13, 2009
Stretch of Mexico's northwest is the supply for America's winter produce.
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Stretch of Mexico's northwest is the supply for America's winter produce.
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Dubai Island Building: Homes for the World's Affluent - April 3, 2009
Ship Tracks: Clouds That Trail Large Ships at Sea - March 27, 2009
A Sahara Desert Garden Blooms in Southwest Egypt - March 20, 2009
Mexican Cornucopia: America's Winter Breadbasket - March 13, 2009
Landsat 5 Turns 25: The Satellite That Keeps On Clicking - March 6, 2009
Namibia's Desert Sea: World's Largest Sand Dunes - February 27, 2009
Australian Firestorm Aftermath Shows Smoke and Charred Land - February 20, 2009
Cloud-free Skies Reveal California In Drought - February 13, 2009
Tibetan Lake Region in Midwinter - February 6, 2009
Saudi Sand Plumes Blow Over Red Sea - January 30, 2009
Egyptian Jets Leave Oval Cloud Formations - January 23, 2009
The Frozen Heart of Europe - January 16, 2009
Road to Mandalay: Historic Burmese Waterway - January 5, 2009
Strait of Gibraltar: Gateway to the Mediterranean - December 26, 2008
Sicilian Storm Runoff Flowing Into the Sea - December 19, 2008
Ship Tracks: Clouds That Trail Large Ships at Sea - March 27, 2009
A Sahara Desert Garden Blooms in Southwest Egypt - March 20, 2009
Mexican Cornucopia: America's Winter Breadbasket - March 13, 2009
Landsat 5 Turns 25: The Satellite That Keeps On Clicking - March 6, 2009
Namibia's Desert Sea: World's Largest Sand Dunes - February 27, 2009
Australian Firestorm Aftermath Shows Smoke and Charred Land - February 20, 2009
Cloud-free Skies Reveal California In Drought - February 13, 2009
Tibetan Lake Region in Midwinter - February 6, 2009
Saudi Sand Plumes Blow Over Red Sea - January 30, 2009
Egyptian Jets Leave Oval Cloud Formations - January 23, 2009
The Frozen Heart of Europe - January 16, 2009
Road to Mandalay: Historic Burmese Waterway - January 5, 2009
Strait of Gibraltar: Gateway to the Mediterranean - December 26, 2008
Sicilian Storm Runoff Flowing Into the Sea - December 19, 2008
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