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“What these satellites do is they record light radiation that's reflected off the…” — Sarah Parcak
What these satellites do is they record light radiation that's reflected off the surface of the Earth in different parts of the light spectrum. We use false color imaging to try to tease out these very subtle differences on the ground.
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