PhotoBlog: Satellite spots China’s first aircraft carrier at sea
A commercial satellite operator says it has captured a rare image of China’s first aircraft carrier as it sailed through the Yellow Sea, after going through an exercise that’s the 21st-century equivalent of finding a needle in a haystack.
DigitalGlobe said the aircraft carrier showed up on a cloud-filled picture snapped on Dec. 8 by its polar-orbiting QuickBird satellite from a height of 280 miles (450 kilometers). An analyst spotted the ship while checking the image on Tuesday, said Stephen Wood, the director of the company’s analysis center.
I thought this was a pretty cool article. It’s pretty amazing that guy was able to spot it, especially given how cloudy it was.
The thing I was most surprised about was the fact that this is China’s first aircraft carrier. Seriously? That makes me feel a whole hell of a lot better about all that money we owe them.
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very nice and stunning photos.