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NEWS ABOUT: satellite images

satellite images stories: 12 news summaries

(AP) - New images suggest Mars had a sizable lake on its surface billions of years ago, further evidence that the planet had a watery past. Images snapped by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter reveal a 30-mile-long canyon where water once flowed and beach remnants surrounding a basin. Dubbed the Shalbatana lake for... More »

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space exploration • water • Mars • lake • satellite images • outer space • Lake Champlain • Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter • satellite photograph • Gaetano Di Achille • Jim Bell • Shalbatana lake

(Newser) - A California assemblyman wants his state to force Internet mapping services to distort the images of schools, government buildings, and similar institutions because they could be terrorist targets, the AP reports. Republican Joel Anderson introduced the measure after reading that terrorists used services such as Google Earth and Microsoft's Virtual... More »

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California • terrorism • California legislature • privacy • Google Maps • satellite images • bill • targets • Microsoft Virtual Earth • Joel Anderson

(Newser) - A California man who used Google Earth to locate a 19th century Spanish treasure ship is suing for the right to excavate on private land, ABC News reports. Nathan Smith drove to Refugio, Texas, after spotting evidence—what it was isn’t clear—from a satellite photo. The case of... More »

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Google • Texas • Spain • Google Earth • federal courts • shipwreck • treasure • satellite images • excavation • salvage

Cops Bust Pot Plantation With Google Earth

Swiss farmers find they can't hide crop from satellite images

Jan 30, 09 6:52 AM CST
(Newser) - Swiss cops using Google Earth to check out the addresses of two suspects discovered a 2-acre marijuana plantation hidden in a field of corn, reports the AP. The bust led to the arrest of 16 men, suspected of selling 7 tons of marijuana and hashish during the last 4 years.... More »

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drugs • Google Earth • Switzerland • marijuana • farmer • satellite images

 Veep's 'Lair' 
 Reappears 
 on Google 

Image was blurred during Bush years

Jan 26, 09 1:11 PM CST
(Newser) - When Dick Cheney was vice-president, his official residence was blurred on Google Maps. But the week Joe Biden moved in, the Naval Observatory suddenly became visible, Gawker reports. Many had noticed the isolated pixelation of Cheney’s address, including Maureen Dowd: “You can view satellite photos of the White... More »

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Joe Biden • Dick Cheney • Google Earth • vice president • Google Maps • satellite images • Washington, DC

Surveillance Plan Moves Forward, Despite Concerns

Homeland Security program would allow local government to access spy photos

Oct 1, 08 10:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Government Accountability Office review raises concerns about plans for domestic satellite surveillance, the Wall Street Journal reports, but Homeland Security will proceed anyway. A bill allows the agency to provide satellite imagery for emergency and scientific purposes, but could be expanded to include surveillance and border control. The... More »

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Congress • privacy • Department of Homeland Security • Government Accountability Office • satellite images • reconnaissance satellite

As Recession Looms, Google Looks to Uncle Sam

Web giant peddling Earth program in Washington

Mar 13, 08 12:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - With an economic meltdown threatening its advertising business, Google is turning to Washington for a second revenue stream, MarketWatch reports. Google’s government contract business is still extremely small, but could become more important soon as the company tries to diversify, according to the division’s chief technologist. “The... More »

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Google • intelligence spending • ad revenue • satellite images • government contracts

City Lights Linked
to Breast Cancer

Scientists believe lights suppress tumor-fighting hormone

Feb 20, 08 4:45 AM CST
(Newser) - Women who live in areas with a large about of night-time light face an increased risk of breast cancer, and scientists believe it may be because the light interferes with a tumor- fighting hormone, reports the Washington Post. Researchers compared satellite images at night with cancer registries and found breast... More »

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Israel • NASA • breast cancer • lung cancer • light • World Health Organization • satellite images • fluorescent light • melatonin • nocturnal darkness • trichloroethylene • vinyl chloride • polychlorinated biphenyls • University of Haifa • Itai Kloog • Abraham Haim

US to Shoot Down Dead Satellite

Pentagon hopes to destroy it before it crashes to Earsh

Feb 14, 08 12:03 PM CST
(Newser) - The Pentagon is planning to shoot down a malfunctioning spy satellite in orbit, the AP reports, rather than run the risk of it crashing to Earth—and possibly into unfriendly hands. The powerless satellite is currently expected to hit somewhere on Earth the first week of March; the US would... More »

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missile defense system • satellite • government spying • satellite images • spy satellite

Spy Satellite Charter
May Calm Privacy Fears

Chertoff expects plan to be finished this week

Dec 20, 07 6:57 PM CST
(Newser) - A federal satellite-surveillance program will move one step closer to reality this week with the expected release of its new charter, the Wall Street Journal reports. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, who is spearheading the project, will also reveal plans for a $15 billion program to protect the country’s... More »

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Congress • domestic surveillance • Michael Chertoff • Internet security • satellite images

Source of Northern Lights Seen

Dec 12, 07 6:54 AM CST
(Newser) - Scientists are getting closer to understanding what causes the vivid display of the Northern Lights, National Geographic reports. New satellite research indicates that charged particles from the sun are flowing toward Earth’s upper atmosphere in magnetic streams. The waves of charged particles, called solar wind, likely provide energy for... More »

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NASA • satellite • northern lights • satellite images

Antarctica Gets High-Def Map

Interactive satellite imagery is available free online

Nov 28, 07 1:21 PM CST
(Newser) - A new high-definition, real-color interactive map of Antarctica unveiled yesterday will give a bird's-eye view of the frozen continent, MSNBC reports. But the virtual tour isn't just for pointy-headed scientists—it's also available free online to anyone. Satellite imagery was collected into a 100-billion-pixel database that is zoomable and searchable. More »

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maps • geology • Antarctica • satellite images • exploring

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