These stunning photographs may look like alien planets, but they are actually satellite images of planet Earth. Commercial satellite company DigitalGlobe recently released the images as a way of highlighting the incredible detail of their imagery – the highest-resolution commercial satellite imagery in the world. Some of the images – taken above Afghanistan, Algeria, Peru, Russia and the United States – look more like abstract works by Mondrian than segments of the globe. DigitalGlobe, based in Westminster, Colo., launched its first satellite in 1999 and currently has four in operation. Here: Sutter, California. (Photo by DigitalGlobe/Caters News)
Afghanistan. (Photo by DigitalGlobe/Caters News)
Palmyra, Syria. (Photo by DigitalGlobe/Caters News)
Mongolia. (Photo by DigitalGlobe/Caters News)
Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by DigitalGlobe/Caters News)
Russia. (Photo by DigitalGlobe/Caters News)
Trementina, New Mexico. (Photo by DigitalGlobe/Caters News)
Pampa San Alejo, Peru. (Photo by DigitalGlobe/Caters News)
Paramonga, Peru. (Photo by DigitalGlobe/Caters News)
Los Olivos, California. (DigitalGlobe/Caters News)
Minaret of Jam, Afghanistan. (DigitalGlobe/Caters News)
Algeria. (DigitalGlobe/Caters News)
Dura-Europos, now in Syria. (Photo by DigitalGlobe/Caters News)
Algeria. (Photo by DigitalGlobe/Caters News)
San Al Hajr Qabliyah, Egypt. (Photo by DigitalGlobe/Caters News)
02 Oct 2015 08:01:00,
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