imagery

[kmusser]

A couple of dramatic images show why some governments might not want high-resolution satellite imagery available to the masses.

Comments

[kineticfactory.livejournal.com]

Onion-esque headline: "Robert Mugabe announces success in his 'Greening Zimbabwe' campaign"

[kalieris.livejournal.com]

Maybe it's because I'm not that visual, but I'd be equally concerned about the possible misuse of photos like that. Without the words that accompanied them, I wouldn't have really known what I was looking at, and I think it's probably quite open to "spin" by whoever displays the photos. (This is true of all images, but I think a bit moreso when it's a format that people aren't widely familiar with and don't have much of a frame of reference for.)

[bhanfhlaith.livejournal.com]

Just... Woah.