Alien landscapes: Satellite images of planet Earth

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September 29, 2015 at 2:00 p.m.

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.

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