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[–] egrets@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

It's Maxar satellite imagery with a high off-nadir angle. European Space Imaging use it as an example in this article about ONA.

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 days ago

Thanks for the page. Was very interesting to read!

[–] theherk@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

Very cool. Learned something new today. Thank you.

[–] tomatolung@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Really useful article. Rare to read something that actually does a decent job explaining the background from someplace wanting to sell you something.