satellite imagery
noun
: pictures taken from satellites
They used satellite imagery to see the ice caps.
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Can see quite a bit of smoke on this mornings satellite imagery.
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Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 9 July 2024
When paired with other tools that are now similarly mainstream — including motion-sensing cameras, satellite imagery, and eDNA analysis, where scientists analyze the bits of DNA in a habitat — audio recordings and the software to analyze them are ushering in a new era of wildlife monitoring.
—Benji Jones, Vox, 25 June 2024
Beyond my field of financial crime, my colleagues have been using open-source tools to monitor extremist group hate speech and satellite imagery to monitor shipping traic and nuclear weapons facilities.
—Foreign Affairs, 10 June 2024
While Russia and North Korea have denied the arms transfers, commercial satellite imagery and intelligence provided by the U.S. government shows Russian cargo ships regularly shuttling between the once sleepy North Korean port of Najin near the border of Russia.
—Soo-Hyang Choi / Bloomberg, TIME, 14 June 2024
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Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 9 July 2024
When paired with other tools that are now similarly mainstream — including motion-sensing cameras, satellite imagery, and eDNA analysis, where scientists analyze the bits of DNA in a habitat — audio recordings and the software to analyze them are ushering in a new era of wildlife monitoring.
—Benji Jones, Vox, 25 June 2024
Beyond my field of financial crime, my colleagues have been using open-source tools to monitor extremist group hate speech and satellite imagery to monitor shipping traic and nuclear weapons facilities.
—Foreign Affairs, 10 June 2024
While Russia and North Korea have denied the arms transfers, commercial satellite imagery and intelligence provided by the U.S. government shows Russian cargo ships regularly shuttling between the once sleepy North Korean port of Najin near the border of Russia.
—Soo-Hyang Choi / Bloomberg, TIME, 14 June 2024
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“Satellite imagery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/satellite%20imagery. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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