Dec 20 2012
The Best Satellite Images from Digitalglobe in 2012
London, UK – Olympic village
Sometimes the world tends to look much better from afar. In fact the world kind of looks like art when you’re thousands of miles away. It’s as if certain bodies of water, fields of grass, or deserts being pounded by wind are the canvas in which God paints on. OK, enough with the religious talk.
Every year satellite pics are selected by DigitalGlobe from this year’s archive images on three different satellites. The public is invited to vote for the best images via Facebook and the winner is announced in January of 2013.
Check out some of the best nominees after the jump…..
New Mexico – Space Shuttle Endeavour atop a 747
Thanks to Digitalglobe for the pics.
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- Monte Carlo, Monaco – annual yacht show
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- Antarctica – calving shown
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- Koolan Island, Australia – iron ore mine
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- Bahrain – grid pattern on the sea floor
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- Subi Reef, China – controversial construction of a possible landing strip, buildings, and wharfs
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- Chile – Chuquicamata copper mine
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- Chile – Andes, Puntiagudo-Cordón Cenizos volcanic chain
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- Sandouping, China – Three Gorges Dam
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- Italy – Costa Concordia
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- Japan – Mt. Fuji, highest peak in Japan
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- Tokyo, Japan – Skytree, tallest self supported structure in Asia
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- Greenland – Petermann Glacier, massive icebergs calve
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- Nevada – Burning Man festival
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- Jacobabad, Pakistan – flood, false color image (dark blue and black = water)
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- New Mexico – Space Shuttle Endeavour atop a 747
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- Homs, Syria – pipeline fire
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- London, UK – Olympic village
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- Northern England – mine sculpture known as “The Lady of the North”
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- Reading, Vermont – fall colors
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- Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City – easter
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