Satellite Captures Burning Man From Space 141
MikeCapone writes "A European Space Agency satellite has captured what has become one of modern society's most hedonistic adventures: Burning Man. Taken about 400 miles up, the picture shows Black Rock City in full swing along with all of its 50,000-something attendees. ESA compiled the photograph using four photos, each with a resolution of about 16 feet. "
The ESA has a high resolution version of the image available.
Re:1m (3ft) resolution vs 16ft? (Score:2, Informative)
This was not a normal satellite. This is a micro-satellite called proba-1. This is why the resolution is relatively low compared to what you can get elsewhere. http://www.esa.int/esaMI/Proba_web_site/index.html
Or look at the GeoEye .5m resolution image (Score:5, Informative)
http://www.geeked.info/burning-man-2011-geoeye-satellite-image/
I can't believe the 16ft resolution image is getting so much press, when the 0.5m resolution image is so much better, and was announced ahead of time (And scheduled, as you can see from people forming shapes in it).