satellite imagery
noun
: pictures taken from satellites
They used satellite imagery to see the ice caps.
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By the night of Jan. 8, two of the homes sat in evacuation zones and the third had burned to the ground, according to a review of satellite imagery from Airbus reviewed by The Times.
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Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2025
The newspaper reported that satellite imagery taken shortly after the Palisades fire began on Tuesday morning indicates the origin of the smoke overlapped with the burn scar from the New Year's Eve fire.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025
How to Find the World’s Schools The team begins with high-resolution satellite imagery from industry partners like Maxar Technologies.
—IEEE Spectrum, 2 Dec. 2024
Latest satellite imagery shows clouds over eastern Massachusetts slowly eroding and will eventually give way to partial afternoon sunshine.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
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Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2025
The newspaper reported that satellite imagery taken shortly after the Palisades fire began on Tuesday morning indicates the origin of the smoke overlapped with the burn scar from the New Year's Eve fire.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025
How to Find the World’s Schools The team begins with high-resolution satellite imagery from industry partners like Maxar Technologies.
—IEEE Spectrum, 2 Dec. 2024
Latest satellite imagery shows clouds over eastern Massachusetts slowly eroding and will eventually give way to partial afternoon sunshine.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
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“Satellite imagery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/satellite%20imagery. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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