Remote Sensing
The method of detecting and tracking an area’s physical characteristics by analyzing its reflected and emitted radiation from a distance is known as remote sensing (typically from satellite or aircraft).
Tracking Ocean Currents With Seabirds
Caitlin Dempsey
A group of researchers wanted to test if drifting seabirds could offer a novel way of collecting data about sea current velocity and direction.
How This Remote Island Inhabited by Polar Bears Became Known as Landsat Island
Elizabeth Borneman
Discovered in 1976 in imagery captured by Landsat 1, Landsat Island (60° 10' 37"N, 64° 02' 30"W) is solely populated by polar bears.
![Meandering river in Nyingchi, Tibet, China [view in Timelapse] (Image credit: Landsat / Copernicus*). Via: Google](https://www.geographyrealm.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Timelapse-Tibet_China.gif)
Update Google Earth Time Lapse
Elizabeth Borneman
Google Earth has released a new time-lapse of the Earth, composed of over 5,000,000 satellite images.