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From: "Chris Hanson" <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Friday, February 24, 2012 9:52:22 AM
Subject: Filling in a hole in the maps


I recently jumped in to fill in an unusual hole in the global non-oceanic Landsat mosaic that was eliciting vast conspiracy theories, and in the process, educated a few people about remote sensing a bit.


I thought the backstory might make entertaining reading.


http://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/q2sfb/this_spot_is_the_only_place_on_the_planet_that_is/


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