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Obama’s inauguration has been covered at tremendous length elsewhere, but it would seem a tad churlish if I neglected it entirely. Here are two images of the proceedings taken by the GeoEye-1 satellite at around 11am EDT yesterday from a height of 423 miles. Click to enlarge.
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Amazing.
From Wikipedia: "At the time of its launch, GeoEye-1 was the world's highest resolution commercial earth-imaging satellite… Google, which has its logo on the side of the rocket, has exclusive online mapping use of its data. While GeoEye-1 is capable of imagery with details the size of 41 centimetres (16 in), that resolution will only be available to the government."
Posted by: John D | January 21, 2009 at 13:43
What's that in the top left of the first photo? It looks like a satellite but it can't be.
Posted by: carbon based lifeform | January 21, 2009 at 14:04
I’m guessing it’s some kind of jetty or landing pier for boats.
Posted by: David | January 21, 2009 at 14:07
I'd love to see a time-lapse film from that view.
Posted by: Anna | January 21, 2009 at 14:48
If you squint at the second one it looks like a giant martian head. Just sayin'.
Posted by: klipper | January 21, 2009 at 15:25
That's a lot of brown hair.
Posted by: longshot | January 21, 2009 at 15:47
The National Blonde Convention is next week. Actually, I suspect all hair will look brown in vast crowds at that distance. I mean, just about everyone appears to be *wearing* brown too, which is rather unlikely.
Posted by: David | January 21, 2009 at 15:51
The object in the top left of the first photo is a paddle boat pier in the Tidal Basin by the Jefferson Memorial.
Posted by: Steve | January 22, 2009 at 18:47