How to Use satellite imagery in a Sentence

satellite imagery

noun
  • Can see quite a bit of smoke on this mornings satellite imagery.
    — Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 9 July 2024
  • That's where the spy satellite imagery has proven to be a crucial tool.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 30 Oct. 2023
  • But satellite imagery can help to give a sense of the overall destruction.
    — Kat Lonsdorf, NPR, 30 Apr. 2026
  • The world viewed the satellite imagery with horror, almost in real time.
    — James Verini, The Atlantic, 12 May 2026
  • But within days, the satellite imagery was causing headaches for war planners.
    — Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 10 Apr. 2026
  • The team could quantify the white spruce in the region with satellite imagery that shows how the tree line has changed over time.
    — Matt Simon, WIRED, 4 Mar. 2024
  • The bodies could also be seen in satellite imagery of the area from June 21.
    — Tamara Qiblawi, CNN, 16 Aug. 2023
  • What to read next This is not the first time that satellite imagery has been restricted from public view.
    — Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 9 Apr. 2026
  • But the netting observed from the satellite imagery covers the entire boat.
    — Aditya Jadhav, Interesting Engineering, 15 May 2026
  • Analysts have used satellite imagery to see burn scars and debris fields from launch mishaps and engine test failures.
    — Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 23 Sep. 2024
  • The house was destroyed in late December, satellite imagery shows.
    — Chevaz Clarke, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2024
  • The researchers compared satellite imagery of those test flights to others where pilots didn’t try to avoid contrails.
    — Justine Calma, The Verge, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Alexei asks, and Yelena pulls up satellite imagery of the ship racing through space.
    — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 2 May 2025
  • What’s clear from satellite imagery is that the strike left the fleet’s headquarters in Sevastopol caved in and smoking.
    — Anna Mulrine Grobe, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Much of the area was still farmland near the turn of the century, historical satellite imagery shows.
    — Connor Giffin, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
  • Civilians fleeing the area and satellite imagery suggest the militia carried out mass killings of those who remained.
    — Abigail Williams, NBC news, 6 Nov. 2025
  • New satellite imagery shows the school and several nearby buildings before and after the strikes.
    — Julie Tsirkin, NBC news, 6 Mar. 2026
  • At the same time, near-daily satellite imagery was becoming widely available to the public.
    — Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 10 Apr. 2026
  • New towers, bunkers and berms consistent with weapons development have cropped up in satellite imagery of these growing sites.
    — Tamara Qiblawi, CNN Money, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Commercial satellite imagery also showed large amounts of smoke coming from near the headquarters after the strikes.
    — Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Things quickly turn strange as details about the community, like how it’s not recognized in any satellite imagery, start to come to light.
    — Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 31 Mar. 2025
  • The website based its analysis on commercial satellite imagery of the shipyard.
    — Choe Sang-Hun, New York Times, 22 May 2025
  • Vantor satellite imagery of the site from three days before the strike shows groups of people gathered in the treatment center’s courtyard.
    — Marin Scott, NBC news, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Scientists were astonished by the size and strength of the storm as satellite imagery captured the giant wall of dust in stunning detail.
    — Dan Stillman, Washington Post, 20 June 2024
  • These clouds looked more like dirty cauliflower or used cotton balls on the satellite imagery compared to the puffy, white cumulus clouds to the east of the fire.
    — Mary Gilbert, CNN, 12 Sep. 2024
  • Adding to the uncertainty, up-to-date satellite imagery has become more difficult to access.
    — Lauren Leffer, Scientific American, 1 Dec. 2023
  • Reuters was able to confirm the location of the video by buildings, utility poles and road layout that matches satellite imagery of the area.
    — Reuters, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Reuters was able to verify the location, with the trees, outline and design of the buildings matching file and satellite imagery of the area.
    — Andrey Sychev and Tanya Wood, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Coleman was in Los Angeles when the fires broke out, but said that based on satellite imagery, her home appears to be standing.
    — Alexandra E. Petri, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2023
  • On the same day, a large fire broke out in Sharja, north of Dubai, as seen in Planet Labs satellite imagery.
    — Victoria Beaule, ABC News, 3 Mar. 2026

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