▲ 796 ▼ I bet it's an engineering marvel though. (lemmy.world) submitted 1 year ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/funny@sh.itjust.works 81 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 42 points 1 year ago (6 children) Those photos are from planes. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 40 points 1 year ago* (2 children) Probably, but the entire idea of "you can see it from space" is stupid anyways. Its only meaningful if its with the naked eye and the distance is specified. You can see anything from space if you have enough optical zoom... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 year ago You can see anything from space if you have enough optical zoom... Naw, there's theoretical a maximum resolution, iirc it's a few centimeters. Too much air in the way diffracting the light permalink fedilink source parent [–] Hupf@feddit.org 4 points 1 year ago https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KH-11_KENNEN permalink fedilink source parent [–] peteypete420@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (2 children) Planes? I had always assumed it was satellites. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] 5in1k@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago* In the bottom middle of the screen it tells you the surveyor. At least it used to I haven’t checked in a while. permalink fedilink source parent [–] umbraroze@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 year ago Satellites have adequate resolution for imaging large areas with high coverage, but aside of stuff like spy satellites they don't usually image smaller areas in high resolution all that well. Most of the closer up images on places like Google Maps are aerial photos. I'm in Finland and when Google Maps first launched we only got low resolution satellite images and some aerial photos of a few cities. The difference was pretty clear. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 40 points 1 year ago* (2 children) Probably, but the entire idea of "you can see it from space" is stupid anyways. Its only meaningful if its with the naked eye and the distance is specified. You can see anything from space if you have enough optical zoom... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 year ago You can see anything from space if you have enough optical zoom... Naw, there's theoretical a maximum resolution, iirc it's a few centimeters. Too much air in the way diffracting the light permalink fedilink source parent [–] Hupf@feddit.org 4 points 1 year ago https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KH-11_KENNEN permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 year ago You can see anything from space if you have enough optical zoom... Naw, there's theoretical a maximum resolution, iirc it's a few centimeters. Too much air in the way diffracting the light permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Hupf@feddit.org 4 points 1 year ago https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KH-11_KENNEN permalink fedilink source parent
[–] peteypete420@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (2 children) Planes? I had always assumed it was satellites. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] 5in1k@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago* In the bottom middle of the screen it tells you the surveyor. At least it used to I haven’t checked in a while. permalink fedilink source parent [–] umbraroze@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 year ago Satellites have adequate resolution for imaging large areas with high coverage, but aside of stuff like spy satellites they don't usually image smaller areas in high resolution all that well. Most of the closer up images on places like Google Maps are aerial photos. I'm in Finland and when Google Maps first launched we only got low resolution satellite images and some aerial photos of a few cities. The difference was pretty clear. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 5in1k@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago* In the bottom middle of the screen it tells you the surveyor. At least it used to I haven’t checked in a while. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] umbraroze@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 year ago Satellites have adequate resolution for imaging large areas with high coverage, but aside of stuff like spy satellites they don't usually image smaller areas in high resolution all that well. Most of the closer up images on places like Google Maps are aerial photos. I'm in Finland and when Google Maps first launched we only got low resolution satellite images and some aerial photos of a few cities. The difference was pretty clear. permalink fedilink source parent
