The united states satellite images displayed are infrared ir images.
Infrared satellite imagery archaeology.
Warmest lowest clouds are shown in white.
The two images above show nasa satellite imagery of a part of the valley the image on the left is unprocessed while the image on the right has gone through thermal infrared processing.
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The two images to the left show the same area in australia with a river and salt pan.
After some computer processing a bright pink line.
Sarah parcak is a space archaeologist.
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We combined landsat s red green and blue bands to make the image.
What looks like red in the picture is actually shortwave infrared.
She ordered infrared satellite imagery of the tweedy green and brown fields.
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Welcome to the 21st century world of space archaeology in which culturally important ruins can be spotted and decoded via high resolution images captured by earth orbiting satellites.
These breakthrough findings about what satellite remote sensing imagery and its interpretation can reveal is a huge coup for the burgeoning science of space archaeology but parcak believes this is only the beginning even hinting further finds could be buried deep below the nile river.
The infrared light used by these satellites have longer wavelengths than that of visible light and are therefore capable of.
She uses satellite imagery to track looted ancient burial sites and find pyramids hidden under egyptian cities now she has bigger plans.
The network of streets and houses of tanis are completely invisible at ground level and yet using infrared satellite images parcak was able to show the massive extent of the ancient settlement.
Satellite imagery can note those subtle temperature differences and show us where unexplored chambers might be located.
Coldest highest clouds are displayed in shades of yellow red and purple.
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The first image shows the area the way a human would see it.