satellite imagery
noun
: pictures taken from satellites
They used satellite imagery to see the ice caps.
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Meanwhile, trucks that do enter Gaza are now facing additional challenges in moving across the territory: Approximately 68% of the road network has been damaged, according to satellite imagery analysis by UNOSAT.
And criminal gangs continue to loot convoys carrying food.
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Rachel Wilson, CNN, 22 Jan. 2025
Interactive content by Flourish Additional Sentinel-2 satellite imagery captured on Jan. 7 shows smoke again drifting from the same area around the Temescal Ridge Trail.
—Erielle Delzer, CBS News, 14 Jan. 2025
In that case, early detection of invasive species, by satellite imagery or by people on the ground, is the best way to stop invasives with a variety of removal techniques, be that herbicide or something else, in an attempt to keep them somewhat contained.
—Kylie Mohr, Vox, 8 Jan. 2025
The horrors of Syria's mass graves were previously described in German court hearings and U.S. congressional testimony in 2021 and 2023, with past satellite imagery released by Maxar Technologies, a U.S. defense contractor, showing a location being investigated as a possible mass grave.
—Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 18 Dec. 2024
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Rachel Wilson, CNN, 22 Jan. 2025
Interactive content by Flourish Additional Sentinel-2 satellite imagery captured on Jan. 7 shows smoke again drifting from the same area around the Temescal Ridge Trail.
—Erielle Delzer, CBS News, 14 Jan. 2025
In that case, early detection of invasive species, by satellite imagery or by people on the ground, is the best way to stop invasives with a variety of removal techniques, be that herbicide or something else, in an attempt to keep them somewhat contained.
—Kylie Mohr, Vox, 8 Jan. 2025
The horrors of Syria's mass graves were previously described in German court hearings and U.S. congressional testimony in 2021 and 2023, with past satellite imagery released by Maxar Technologies, a U.S. defense contractor, showing a location being investigated as a possible mass grave.
—Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 18 Dec. 2024
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“Satellite imagery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/satellite%20imagery. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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