A Bird’s-Eye View of Earth: Petabytes of satellite data at our fingertips
by Tianjia Liu figures by Catherine Ding On December 7, 1972, the Apollo 17 crew captured the iconic “Blue Marble” photo, a bird’s-eye view of the Earth from 29,000 kilometers above ground. We have long been fascinated by space and the unknown, but here we stopped and looked back at our home. This snapshot marks the first time a person took a photo of Earth … Continue reading A Bird’s-Eye View of Earth: Petabytes of satellite data at our fingertips