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Post by the Scribe on Jun 7, 2020 22:03:56 GMT
Beautiful Ad: Black Lives Matter Plaza - DC Mayor Bowser Renames & Paints Street near White House
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Post by the Scribe on Jun 9, 2020 10:23:06 GMT
 Satellite sees 'Black Lives Matter' message from space (photo)www.space.com/black-lives-matter-planet-satellite-photo.html
By Mike Wall a day ago
The White House is also in the scene.
A SkySat satellite operated by San Francisco-based company Planet captured this image of the "Black Lives Matter" message painted on 16th Street in Washington, D.C., on June 5, 2020. The White House is at right, and Lafayette Square is in the center. (Image credit: Planet Labs Inc.)
A cry for racial justice has been spotted from space.
On Friday (June 5), a satellite operated by San Francisco-based company Planet spied the "Black Lives Matter" message that city workers in Washington, D.C. painted in big yellow letters across two blocks of 16th Street earlier that day.
The White House is also visible, on the right side of the photo. In the center of the image is Lafayette Square, which has been the site of protests against police brutality sparked by the May 25 death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police.
Planet shared the photo via Twitter on June 5. Four days earlier, the company tweeted out a message of support for protesters.
"We stand in solidarity with the Black community and all people of color who are peacefully voicing their anger and frustration at having their voices ignored for too long," the June 1 message reads. "Planet supports the equal treatment of all people and believes that we must all stand up and speak out for openness, inclusion and social justice. Only through collective unity will the voices of our friends, our family and our entire community be heard. Bias and discrimination have no place in this world. Planet stands with those seeking justice and racial equality."
Planet has deployed more than 350 Earth-imaging satellites into orbit, with its first craft going up in 2013. Most have been shoebox-size cubesats known as Doves, which are capable of resolving features as small as 10 feet (3 meters) on the planet's surface.
But the satellite that captured the "Black Lives Matter" photo is a SkySat. Planet currently operates 15 of these spacecraft, which are about the size of a minifridge and have a resolution of about 28 inches (72 centimeters).
Planet sells the imagery collected by its satellites to a variety of customers. But the company also routinely makes important photos freely available to the public. For example, in January of this year, Planet released images of the damage done by Iranian missile strikes on an Iraqi military base.
And on Thursday (June 4), the company posted on Twitter a photo of the catastrophic oil spill in the Siberian city of Norilsk. |
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