Has a Satellite Been Watching You?

Have you ever wondered how many satellites have passed overhead while you've been going about your daily business? Probably quite a few. But how many of them were actually looking at you? Watched is an intriguing new interactive map which attempts to answer that question by revealing which satellites have passed over any location on Earth during the last seven days, and, more interestingly, which of them actually took a photograph.Visit Watched and enter any location in the world. The map will then reconstruct the satellite activity above that spot over the previous week, identifying the satellite that passed within viewing range and searching public satellite imagery archives for photographs captured during those passes.The result is a fascinating combination of satellite tracking, Earth observation imagery and a 3D globe. You can replay the satellite passes, watch their trajectories around the Earth and browse the photographs taken during each encounter. The globe even includes the…

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