This aerial view of Chateaubriant in France is unlike anything ever seen by the human eye. The simulated natural colour satellite image shows the small city as silver because of light bouncing off the reflective surfaces of modern buildings. The surrounding country is an irregular patchwork of small fields – many first enclosed in the Middle Ages. The image shows the region in a combination of visible and infrared light. Plant-covered land is still green and water is dark blue, so this particular combination is called simulated natural colour. By late November, crops had been harvested and many of the fields were bare. The exposed soil ranges from pale tan to brown in the image.
Photograph: Aster/Terra/Nasa
The Guardian
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