satellite imagery

noun

: pictures taken from satellites

They used satellite imagery to see the ice caps.

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Scientists studying satellite imagery said the collapse appears to have involved the failure of bedrock beneath a glacier in the Himalayan region. — Shristi Kafle, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026 Since the June 2025 war, no vehicle activity has been observed at the facility in available satellite imagery. — Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 31 Aug. 2026 Video footage and satellite imagery shows the immense scale of the disaster in some of the areas hit hardest by the floods. — Annette Choi, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026 Aerial photos starting from the late 1940s and satellite imagery that became available in the 1970s have helped scientists map what the Arctic’s permafrost landscapes looked like in the past, including where its permafrost lakes were and were not. — Anna Liljedahl, The Conversation, 26 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for satellite imagery

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