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I hope they start imaging at least parts of the ocean, like the great pacific garbage patch and other areas of particular interest for meteorologists and environmentalists.
I can't believe I've never wondered this before, but I wonder how possible it is to deliberately create a satellite-blocking cloud above one's own property. What height and size it would have to be, etc.
One day we will likely dome cities: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Man_River%27s_City_project
For the people commenting on the Firefox+Linux issue: it doesn't work for me, and this is the error I get: > Refused to create native OpenGL context because of blacklist entry: FEATURE_FAILURE_OLD_NVIDIA So the real combination is Old NVIDIA drivers + Linux + Firefox. (Maybe not even Firefox, the issue might be inseparable from my old card. I'm not going to try it on Chromium.) The question is, why is my card blackli…
I hope they start imaging at least parts of the ocean, like the great pacific garbage patch and other areas of particular interest for meteorologists and environmentalists.
I thought the garbage patch is not visible to the naked eye, mostly made up of microscopic particles, and especially not to a satellite with a 3m resolution?
> "fingernail-sized or smaller bits of plastic", often microscopic
For the people commenting on the Firefox+Linux issue: it doesn't work for me, and this is the error I get: > Refused to create native OpenGL context because of blacklist entry: FEATURE_FAILURE_OLD_NVIDIA So the real combination is Old NVIDIA drivers + Linux + Firefox. (Maybe not even Firefox, the issue might be inseparable from my old card. I'm not going to try it on Chromium.) The question is, why is my card blackli…
I hope they start imaging at least parts of the ocean, like the great pacific garbage patch and other areas of particular interest for meteorologists and environmentalists.
I thought the garbage patch is not visible to the naked eye, mostly made up of microscopic particles, and especially not to a satellite with a 3m resolution?
You can access their monthly imagery for free by creating an account at planet.com. I use it to track the progress of infrastructure and other land development projects near me. You can also create time lapse animations of a particular area, which is a super fun way to watch a road or a highway being built.
You highlight a region of the planet and they find you all the past imagery of that region. Though most of the daily results are a few strips that pass through the region, with some (or most) of the region missing. They haven't accomplished their ideal of "a picture of the entire earth once a day" but still one of the coolest companies out there.
For the people commenting on the Firefox+Linux issue: it doesn't work for me, and this is the error I get: > Refused to create native OpenGL context because of blacklist entry: FEATURE_FAILURE_OLD_NVIDIA So the real combination is Old NVIDIA drivers + Linux + Firefox. (Maybe not even Firefox, the issue might be inseparable from my old card. I'm not going to try it on Chromium.) The question is, why is my card blackli…
Agreed, I have an intel embedded thingamabob and it works fine. I wonder if there's a software rendering option in FF that will make it work?
this is incredibly cool. Thanks for sharing! The picture of Monte Fitz Roy is breath-taking. Is there any way to access more of the pictures?
Check out: https://medium.com/planet-stories/earths-wonders-like-you-ve...
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I thought the garbage patch is not visible to the naked eye, mostly made up of microscopic particles, and especially not to a satellite with a 3m resolution?
I imagine it should still slightly alter the appearance of the water. Check out "Eulerian Video Magnification" for more.