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Space Archaeology: In the Realm of Resolution

Being able to see traces of human history in satellite imagery is dependent on what details can be resolved on a given image. There are four main types of image resolution.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Story by Pola Lem and Laura Rocchio.

Published October 4, 2017
Data acquired January 24 - July 17, 2017

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Landsat 8 > OLI