Enormous pile of discarded clothes in the (Chilean) Atacama desert is visible from space

How does a pile of unwanted clothing become large enough to show up in a satellite image? Near Alto Hospicio in northern Chile, discarded garments cover a broad…

bisby 19 points 18 days ago

My house is visible from space. Most things are. That's the whole point of Google earth. Seeing things from space isn't really impressive.

This is still wasteful and awful, but not because of the space bit

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Chais 7 points 18 days ago

The higher resolution images, where you can actually make out your house, are taken from planes, not satellites.

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raspberriesareyummy 5 points 18 days ago

Yes and no: satellites with a resolution of ~1m/pixel exist, it's just that they are military use & all we get to see is aerial photographs.

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MrMakabar 8 points 18 days ago

You can buy 30cm resolution satellite images from private companies today. Obviously the US government and some others will have even better ones.

Just as prove: https://space-solutions.airbus.com/...

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raspberriesareyummy 1 point 18 days ago

I'd believe you without proof, I just pulled an approximate number out of my recollection from like 10 years ago. :)

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MrMakabar 5 points 18 days ago

That is a 30cm image taken by an Airbus satellite for commercial purposes. You can make out cars and so forth pretty well.

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Theatomictruth 5 points 18 days ago

Yeah, at this resolution just about every garbage dump on earth is visible from space.

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