Alien Landscapes
These stunning photographs may look like alien planets, but they are actually satellite images of planet Earth. Commercial satellite company DigitalGlobe recently released the images as a way of highlighting the incredible detail of their imagery – the highest-resolution commercial satellite imagery in the world. Some of the images – taken above Afghanistan, Algeria, Peru, Russia and the United States – look more like abstract works by Mondrian than segments of the globe. DigitalGlobe, based in Westminster, Colo., launched its first satellite in 1999 and currently has four in operation. Here: Sutter, California.
Afghanistan.
Palmyra, Syria.
Mongolia.
Las Vegas, Nevada.
Russia.
Trementina, New Mexico.
Pampa San Alejo, Peru.
Paramonga, Peru.
Los Olivos, California.
Minaret of Jam, Afghanistan.
Algeria.
Dura-Europos, now in Syria.
Algeria.
San Al Hajr Qabliyah, Egypt.