Awesome. And perhaps I shouldn't admit this, but the first thing I did was to read up on Landsat 7 to get the orbital information. It sees the entire Earth every 16 days for 5 years (or more? yes, it seems to still be alive). Has anyone put together time-series pictures from these?
Gorgeous. Thank you. posted by prefpara at 8:04 AM on July 9, 2008
Interesting thought, DU. And thanks for the post, CL! These are beautiful! posted by brundlefly at 8:10 AM on July 9, 2008
That reminds me of the Earth as Art site. There's an index too, looks like some of the images in the link originated there. posted by IvoShandor at 8:26 AM on July 9, 2008
More from them humans: Japanese rice field art. Totally wild.
Christ, is there anything the Japanese CAN'T do with rice?! They're like rice-wizards or something. posted by milarepa at 8:43 AM on July 9, 2008
These are breathtaking. Thank you. posted by Pecinpah at 8:51 AM on July 9, 2008
Fantastic! And to think all sorts of people are always trying to find excuses to cut the space budget. posted by chimaera at 8:58 AM on July 9, 2008
Don't worry. As long as they don't cut the false-coloring budget the pictures will still look pretty. posted by rocket88 at 9:02 AM on July 9, 2008 [1 favorite]
File the satellite pics: Yet another great set of graphics to make my homebrew beer labels with a neat theme. Terkezi Pale Ale, here we come! posted by spock at 11:26 AM on July 9, 2008
Mother Nature is an abstract artist.
Or, in this case, human beings.
posted by DU at 7:59 AM on July 9, 2008